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ABSTRACT

There is provided a compact imaging lens configured to properly correct aberrations. The imaging lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens L 1  having negative refractive power, a second lens L 2  having positive refractive power, a third lens L 3  having negative refractive power, a fourth lens L 4 , a fifth lens L 5 , a sixth lens L 6 , a seventh lens L 7 , and an eighth lens L 8  having negative refractive power. The eighth lens L 8  has an aspheric image-side surface having at least one inflection point.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION AND RELATED ART STATEMENT

The present invention relates to an imaging lens for forming an image ofan object on an image sensor such as a CCD sensor and a CMOS sensor.Particularly, the present invention relates to an imaging lens suitablefor mounting in a relatively small camera to be built in portabledevices such as cellular phones and portable information terminals,digital still cameras, security cameras, onboard cameras and networkcameras, and so on.

To take a picture of an object with high definition or acquire moreinformation on the object, the camera has to have a high-resolutionimaging lens as well as an image sensor with high pixel count. As amethod for achieving higher resolution of an imaging lens, there is amethod of increasing the number of lenses that compose the imaging lensin accordance with the difficulty of correcting aberrations. However, anirresponsible increase in the number of lenses is prone to cause anincrease in size of the imaging lens. In development of the imaginglens, an extension of the total track length should be prevented and theresolution has to be improved.

A lens configuration including eight lenses has, due to the large numberof lenses of the imaging lens, high flexibility in design and thusallows proper correction of aberrations. As the imaging lens having theeight-lens configuration, for example, an imaging lens described inPatent Document 1 has been known.

Patent Document 1 discloses an imaging lens comprising a first lens withnegative refractive power having a meniscus shape with a convexobject-side surface, a second lens having a biconvex shape, a third lenshaving a biconcave shape, a fourth lens with positive refractive powerhaving the meniscus shape with a convex object-side surface, a fifthlens having the biconvex shape, a sixth lens having the biconcave shape,a seventh lens with the negative refractive power having the meniscusshape with a convex image-side surface, and an eighth lens having thebiconvex shape.

-   Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Application Publication No.    2006-154481

According to the conventional imaging lens of Patent Document 1,although the field of view is as wide as 64° at a wide-angle end,aberrations can be relatively properly corrected. However, having a longtotal track length relative to the focal length of the overall opticalsystem of the imaging lens, it is unsuitable for mounting in a smallcamera to be built in a thin device such as a smartphone. In the case ofthe conventional imaging lens described in Patent Document 1, it isdifficult to achieve more proper aberration correction while downsizingand achieving a low profile.

Such a problem is not specific to the imaging lens to be mounted insmartphones. Rather, it is a common problem for imaging lenses to bemounted in such as the cellular phone, the portable informationterminal, the digital still camera, the security camera, the onboardcameras, and the network camera.

An object of the present invention is to provide an imaging lens thatcan achieve both downsizing of the imaging lens and proper correction ofaberrations while achieving a wide field of view.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

An imaging lens according to the present invention forms an image of anobject on an image sensor and comprises, in order from an object side toan image side, a first lens with negative refractive power, a secondlens with positive refractive power, a third lens with negativerefractive power, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, a seventhlens and an eighth lens with negative refractive power. The eighth lenshas an aspheric image-side surface having at least one inflection point.

In the imaging lens according to the present invention, the first lensarranged closest to the object side has negative refractive power andcan secure a back focus while preferably achieving a wide field of viewof the imaging lens. The third lens with the negative refractive poweris arranged on an image side of the second lens, and chromaticaberration can be properly corrected and a low profile of the imaginglens can be achieved.

Furthermore, when an image-side surface of the eighth lens closest tothe image side is formed as an aspheric surface having at least oneinflection point, the back focus can be secured, and field curvature anddistortion at an image periphery can be properly corrected. According tosuch a shape of the eighth lens, it is also possible to control anincident angle of a light ray emitted from the imaging lens to the imageplane of the image sensor within the range of chief ray angle (CRA), andto properly correct the aberrations in a paraxial region and at theperipheral area.

Regarding terms used in the present invention, “lens” refers to anoptical element having refractive power. Therefore, the term “lens” usedherein does not include the optical element such as a prism changing atraveling direction of a light, a flat filter, and the like. Thoseoptical elements may be arranged in front of or behind the imaging lens,or between respective lenses, as necessary.

According to the imaging lens having the above-described configuration,it is preferable that the following conditional expression (1) issatisfied:1.0<R1f/R1r<1.5  (1)

where

R1f: a curvature radius of an object-side surface of the first lens, and

R1r: a curvature radius of an image-side surface of the first lens.

When the conditional expression (1) is satisfied, a wide field of viewcan be achieved while downsizing the imaging lens. In addition, the backfocus can be secured.

According to the imaging lens having the above-described configuration,it is preferable that the following conditional expression (2) issatisfied:−10.0<f1/f2<−2.0  (2)where

f1: a focal length of the first lens, and

f2: a focal length of the second lens.

When the conditional expression (2) is satisfied, spherical aberrationand chromatic aberration can be properly corrected while downsizing theimaging lens.

According to the imaging lens having the above-described configuration,it is more preferable that the following conditional expression (2a) issatisfied.−8.5<f1/f2<−3.5  (2a)

According to the imaging lens having the above-described configuration,it is preferable that the following conditional expression (3) issatisfied:−10.0<f3/f<−2.0  (3)

where

f: a focal length of the overall optical system of the imaging lens, and

f3: a focal length of the third lens.

When the conditional expression (3) is satisfied, the chromaticaberration can be properly corrected while reducing the profile of theimaging lens.

According to the imaging lens having the above-described configuration,it is more preferable that the following conditional expression (3a) issatisfied.−8.0<f3/f<−2.5  (3a)

According to the imaging lens having the above-described configuration,it is preferable that the following conditional expression (4) issatisfied:0.3<f1/f3<3.0  (4)

where

f1: a focal length of the first lens, and

f3: a focal length of the third lens.

When the conditional expression (4) is satisfied, the sphericalaberration and the chromatic aberration can be properly corrected inwell balance while reducing the profile of the imaging lens.

According to the imaging lens having the above-described configuration,it is preferable that the third lens is formed in a shape that curvatureradii of an object-side surface and an image-side surface become bothpositive, that is, a meniscus shape having the object-side surface beingconvex in the paraxial region.

When the third lens is formed in such a shape, it is possible to controlan exit angle of a lower light ray within a proper range, and ghosts dueto total reflection light can be preferably controlled.

According to the imaging lens having the above-described configuration,it is preferable that the following conditional expression (5) issatisfied:−4.0<R4f/f<−0.4  (5)

where

f: a focal length of the overall optical system of the imaging lens, and

R4f: a curvature radius of an object-side surface of the fourth lens.

When the conditional expression (5) is satisfied, it is possible tocontrol an exit angle of an off-axial light ray within a proper range,and aberrations can be properly corrected. Furthermore, an increase inan angle of a normal line near a maximum effective diameter of thefourth lens is preferably controlled, and the lens has a shape easy tomanufacture and can suppress an increase in a manufacturing cost. Whenthe fourth lens is made from a plastic material, it leads to improvementin molding quality.

According to the imaging lens having the above-described configuration,it is preferable that the fourth lens is formed in a shape thatcurvature radii of an object-side surface and an image-side surface areboth negative, that is, the meniscus shape having the object-sidesurface being concave in the paraxial region. When the fourth lens isformed in such a shape, it is possible to preferably control occurrenceof aberrations such as coma aberration and field curvature.

According to the imaging lens having the above-described configuration,it is preferable that the following conditional expression (6) issatisfied:12<|f5|/f  (6)

where

f: a focal length of the overall optical system of the imaging lens, and

f5: a focal length of the fifth lens.

When the conditional expression (6) is satisfied, the field curvature,distortion and the chromatic aberration can be controlled within theproper range in well balance.

According to the imaging lens having the above-described configuration,it is preferable that the seventh lens is formed in a shape thatcurvature radii of an object-side surface and an image-side surface areboth positive, that is, the meniscus shape having the object-sidesurface being convex in the paraxial region,

When the seventh lens is formed in such a shape, it is possible topreferably suppress an increase in refractive power of the seventh lens,and the spherical aberration, the distortion and the field curvature canbe properly corrected in well balance.

According to the imaging lens having the above-described configuration,it is preferable that the following conditional expression (7) issatisfied:0.15<L47/f<0.40  (7)

where

f: a focal length of the overall optical system of the imaging lens, and

L47: a distance along the optical axis from the object-side surface ofthe fourth lens to an image-side surface of the seventh lens.

When the conditional expression (7) is satisfied, downsizing and widefield of view of the imaging lens can be achieved, and each distancealong the optical axis between respective lenses and a thickness of thecenter of the lens can be secured. Additionally, the back focus can besecured.

According to the imaging lens having the above-described configuration,it is preferable that the following conditional expression (8) issatisfied:0.40<R7r/R8f<0.90  (8)

where

R7r: a curvature radius of an image-side surface of the seventh lens,and

R8f: a curvature radius of an object-side surface of the eighth lens.

When the conditional expression (8) is satisfied, the sphericalaberration and the field curvature can be properly corrected.

According to the imaging lens having the above-described configuration,it is preferable that the following conditional expression (9) issatisfied:0.4<T7/T8<2.5  (9)

where

T7: a thickness along the optical axis of the seventh lens, and

T8: a thickness along the optical axis of the eighth lens.

When the profile of the imaging lens is reduced, a lens arranged in aposition closer to the image plane tends to have a greater effectivediameter. When the conditional expression (9) is satisfied, thicknessesalong the optical axis of the seventh lens and the eighth lens that arelikely to have relatively large effective diameters are properlymaintained. It is thus possible to properly correct aberrations whilereducing the profile of the imaging lens. It is also possible to securethe back focus. When the seventh lens and the eighth lens are formedfrom a plastic material, it is possible to reduce the manufacturing costof the lenses and also to secure the formability of the lenses bysatisfying the conditional expression (9).

According to the imaging lens having the above-described configuration,it is preferable that the following conditional expression (10) issatisfied:0.6<D78/D34<1.4  (10)

where

D34: a distance along the optical axis between the third lens and thefourth lens, and

D78: a distance along the optical axis between the seventh lens and theeighth lens.

When the conditional expression (10) is satisfied, the sphericalaberration, the field curvature and the distortion can be properlycorrected in well balance.

According to the imaging lens having the above-described configuration,it is preferable that the following conditional expression (11) issatisfied:−3.0<f8/f<−0.3  (11)

where

f: a focal length of the overall optical system of the imaging lens, and

f8: a focal length of the eighth lens.

When the conditional expression (11) is satisfied, the back focus can besecured and the field curvature and the distortion can be properlycorrected. Furthermore, the incident angle of a light ray emitted fromthe imaging lens to the image plane can be preferably controlled withinthe range of chief ray angle (CRA).

According to the imaging lens having the above-described configuration,it is preferable that the following conditional expression (12) issatisfied:0.1<R8r/f<0.5  (12)

where

f: a focal length of the overall optical system of the imaging lens, and

R8r: a curvature radius of an image-side surface of the eighth lens.

The image-side surface of the eighth lens is located closest to theimage plane in the imaging lens. The magnitude of the refractive powerof this surface causes difference in the difficulty of correcting theastigmatism, the coma aberration, and the distortion. When theconditional expression (12) is satisfied, downsizing the imaging lenscan be achieved and the astigmatism, the coma aberration and thedistortion can be properly corrected. In addition, satisfying theconditional expression (12) is also effective from the standpoint ofsecuring the back focus.

According to the imaging lens having the above-described configuration,it is preferable that the eighth lens is formed in a shape thatcurvature radii of an object-side surface and an image-side surfacebecome both positive, that is, in the meniscus shape having theimage-side surface being concave in the paraxial region. When the eighthlens is formed in such a shape, the low profile of the imaging lens canben preferably achieved.

According to the imaging lens having the above-described configuration,it is preferable that the following conditional expressions (13) to (15)are satisfied for properly correcting the chromatic aberration:10<vd1<35  (13)35<vd2<85  (14)10<vd3<35  (15)

where

vd1: an abbe number at d-ray of the first lens,

vd2: an abbe number at d-ray of the second lens, and

vd3: an abbe number at d-ray of the third lens.

According to the imaging lens having the above-described configuration,it is preferable that the following conditional expressions (16) and(17) are satisfied for more properly correcting the chromaticaberration:10<vd5<35  (16)10<vd6<35  (17)

where

vd5: an abbe number at d-ray of the fifth lens, and

vd6: an abbe number at d-ray of the sixth lens.

According to the imaging lens having the above-described configuration,it is preferable that the following conditional expression (18) issatisfied:1.0<TL/f<1.5  (18)

where

f: a focal length of the overall optical system of the imaging lens, and

TL: a distance along the optical axis from an object-side surface of thefirst lens to an image plane.

When the conditional expression (18) is satisfied, downsizing theimaging lens can be preferably achieved.

Generally, an IR cut filter, a cover glass or the like are arrangedbetween the imaging lens and the image plane, however a distance thereofalong the optical axis is converted into an air-converted distance inthe present specification.

In the case of an imaging lens to be built in a thin portable device,such as the smartphone, an imaging lens has to be contained in a limitedspace. Therefore, there is often a strict limitation in a length of theimaging lens in the direction of the optical axis relative to the sizeof the image sensor. That is, a low profile of the imaging lens isstrongly expected. Therefore, according to the imaging lens of thepresent invention, it is preferable that the following conditionalexpression (19) is satisfied:1.2<TL/Hmax<2.0  (19)

where

TL: a distance along the optical axis from an object-side surface of thefirst lens to an image plane, and

Hmax: a maximum image height.

According to the imaging lens having the above-described configuration,when the fourth lens has the positive refractive power, it is preferablethat the following conditional expression (20) is satisfied:2.0<f4/f<10.0  (20)

where

f: a focal length of the overall optical system of the imaging lens, and

f4: a focal length of the fourth lens.

When the conditional expression (20) is satisfied, the chromaticaberration can be properly corrected.

According to the imaging lens having the above-described configuration,when the fourth lens has the positive refractive power, it is preferablethat the following conditional expression (21) is satisfied:1.5<f45/f<10.0  (21)

where

f: a focal length of the overall optical system of the imaging lens, and

f45: a composite focal length of the fourth lens and the fifth lens.

When the conditional expression (21) is satisfied, the coma aberrationand the astigmatism can be properly corrected while reducing the profileof the imaging lens.

According to the imaging lens having the above-described configuration,when the fourth lens has the negative refractive power, it is preferablethat the following conditional expression (22) is satisfied for properlycorrecting the chromatic aberration:−20.0<f4/f<−8.0  (22)

where

f: a focal length of the overall optical system of the imaging lens, and

f4: a focal length of the fourth lens.

According to the imaging lens having the above-described configuration,when the sixth lens has the positive refractive power, it is preferablethat the following conditional expression (23) is satisfied:5.0<f6/f<30.0  (23)

where

f: a focal length of the overall optical system of the imaging lens, and

f6: a focal length of the sixth lens.

When the conditional expression (23) is satisfied, the sphericalaberration can be properly corrected while reducing the profile of theimaging lens.

According to the imaging lens having the above-described configuration,when the fifth lens and the sixth lens have the positive refractivepower, it is preferable that the following conditional expression (24)is satisfied:4.0<f56/f<12.0  (24)

where

f: a focal length of the overall optical system of the imaging lens, and

f56: a composite focal length of the fifth lens and the sixth lens.

When the conditional expression (24) is satisfied, the coma aberrationand the astigmatism can be properly corrected while reducing the profileof the imaging lens.

According to the imaging lens having the above-described configuration,it is more preferable that the following conditional expression (24a) issatisfied.5.0<f56/f<11.0  (24a)

According to the imaging lens having the above-described configuration,when the seventh lens has the positive refractive power, it ispreferable that the following conditional expression (25) is satisfied:−5.0<f7/f8<−1.0  (25)

where

f7: a focal length of the seventh lens, and

f8: a focal length of the eighth lens.

When the conditional expression (25) is satisfied, the sphericalaberration, the field curvature and the chromatic aberration ofmagnification can be properly corrected within the proper range in wellbalance.

According to the imaging lens having the above-described configuration,when the seventh lens has the negative refractive power, it ispreferable that the following conditional expression (26) is satisfied:5.0<f7/f8<20.0  (26)

where

f7: a focal length of the seventh lens, and

f8: a focal length of the eighth lens.

When the conditional expression (26) is satisfied, the sphericalaberration, the field curvature and the chromatic aberration ofmagnification can be properly corrected within the proper range in wellbalance.

According to the imaging lens of the present invention, it is preferablethat each lens of the first to the eighth lenses is arranged with an airgap. When each lens is arranged with an air gap, the imaging lensaccording to the present invention has a lens configuration without anycemented lenses. According to such lens configuration, all of eightlenses composing the imaging lens can be formed from a plastic materialand the manufacturing cost of the imaging lens can be preferablyreduced.

According to the imaging lens of the present invention, it is preferablethat both surfaces of each lens of the first to the eighth lenses areformed as aspheric surfaces. When the both surfaces of each lens areformed as aspheric surfaces, aberrations from the paraxial region to aperipheral area of the lens can be properly corrected. Particularly, theaberrations at the peripheral area of the lens can be properlycorrected.

According to the imaging lens having the above-described configuration,it is preferable that at least two surfaces of the seventh lens and theeighth lens are formed as the aspheric surfaces having at least oneinflection point. In addition to the image-side surface of the eighthlens, when one more aspheric surface having at least one inflectionpoint is provided, it is also possible to control an incident angle of alight ray emitted from the imaging lens to the image plane within therange of chief ray angle (CRA), and to properly correct the aberrationsat image periphery.

According to the imaging lens of the present invention, when a field ofview is shown as 2ω, it is preferable that a conditional expression,60°≤2ω is satisfied. When this conditional expression is satisfied, awide field of view of the imaging lens can be achieved and downsizingthe imaging lens and the wide field of view can be preferablyco-achieved.

In an image sensor with high pixel count, a light-receiving area of eachpixel decreases and thus the image to be taken tends to be dark. As amethod for correcting the darkness, there is a method of improvinglight-receiving sensitivity of the image sensor using an electricalcircuit. However, with an increase in the light-receiving sensitivity,noise components not directly contributing to formation of an image arealso amplified. Therefore, in order to obtain a sufficiently brightimage without providing the electrical circuit, according to the imaginglens having the above-described configuration, it is preferable that thefollowing conditional expression (27) is satisfied:f/Dep<2.0  (27)

where

f: a focal length of the overall optical system of the imaging lens, and

Dep: an entrance pupil diameter of the imaging lens.

According to the present invention, as described above, the shapes ofthe lenses are specified using signs of the curvature radii. Whether thecurvature radius of the lens is positive or negative is determined basedon general definition.

More specifically, taking a traveling direction of the light aspositive, if a center of a curvature radius is on the image side whenviewed from a lens surface, the curvature radius is positive. If acenter of a curvature radius is on the object side, the curvature radiusis negative. Therefore, “an object-side surface having a positivecurvature radius” means that the object-side surface is a convexsurface. “An object-side surface having a negative curvature radius”means that the object side surface is a concave surface. In addition,“an image-side surface having a positive curvature radius” means thatthe image-side surface is a concave surface. “An image-side surfacehaving a negative curvature radius” means that the image-side surface isa convex surface. Here, a curvature radius used herein refers to aparaxial curvature radius, and may not be consistent with general shapesof the lenses in their sectional views.

According to the imaging lens of the present invention, it is achievableto provide a compact imaging lens especially suitable for mounting in asmall-sized camera, while having a wide field of view and highresolution with proper correction of aberrations.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a schematic configuration of an imaginglens in Example 1 of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an aberration diagram showing spherical aberration,astigmatism, and distortion of the imaging lens of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an aberration diagram showing a lateral aberration of theimaging lens of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of a schematic configuration of an imaginglens in Example 2 of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is an aberration diagram showing spherical aberration,astigmatism, and distortion of the imaging lens of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is an aberration diagram showing a lateral aberration of theimaging lens of FIG. 4;

FIG. 7 is a sectional view of a schematic configuration of an imaginglens in Example 3 of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is an aberration diagram showing spherical aberration,astigmatism, and distortion of the imaging lens of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is an aberration diagram showing a lateral aberration of theimaging lens of FIG. 7;

FIG. 10 is a sectional view of a schematic configuration of an imaginglens in Example 4 of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is an aberration diagram showing spherical aberration,astigmatism, and distortion of the imaging lens of FIG. 10;

FIG. 12 is an aberration diagram showing a lateral aberration of theimaging lens of FIG. 10;

FIG. 13 is a sectional view of a schematic configuration of an imaginglens in Example 5 of the present invention;

FIG. 14 is an aberration diagram showing spherical aberration,astigmatism, and distortion of the imaging lens of FIG. 13;

FIG. 15 is an aberration diagram showing a lateral aberration of theimaging lens of FIG. 13;

FIG. 16 is a sectional view of a schematic configuration of an imaginglens in Example 6 of the present invention;

FIG. 17 is an aberration diagram showing spherical aberration,astigmatism, and distortion of the imaging lens of FIG. 16;

FIG. 18 is an aberration diagram showing a lateral aberration of theimaging lens of FIG. 16;

FIG. 19 is a sectional view of a schematic configuration of an imaginglens in Example 7 of the present invention;

FIG. 20 is an aberration diagram showing spherical aberration,astigmatism, and distortion of the imaging lens of FIG. 19;

FIG. 21 is an aberration diagram showing a lateral aberration of theimaging lens of FIG. 19;

FIG. 22 is a sectional view of a schematic configuration of an imaginglens in Example 8 of the present invention;

FIG. 23 is an aberration diagram showing spherical aberration,astigmatism, and distortion of the imaging lens of FIG. 22;

FIG. 24 is an aberration diagram showing a lateral aberration of theimaging lens of FIG. 22;

FIG. 25 is a sectional view of a schematic configuration of an imaginglens in Example 9 of the present invention;

FIG. 26 is an aberration diagram showing spherical aberration,astigmatism, and distortion of the imaging lens of FIG. 25;

FIG. 27 is an aberration diagram showing a lateral aberration of theimaging lens of FIG. 25;

FIG. 28 is a sectional view of a schematic configuration of an imaginglens in Example 10 of the present invention;

FIG. 29 is an aberration diagram showing spherical aberration,astigmatism, and distortion of the imaging lens of FIG. 28;

FIG. 30 is an aberration diagram showing a lateral aberration of theimaging lens of FIG. 28;

FIG. 31 is a sectional view of a schematic configuration of an imaginglens in Example 11 of the present invention;

FIG. 32 is an aberration diagram showing spherical aberration,astigmatism, and distortion of the imaging lens of FIG. 31;

FIG. 33 is an aberration diagram showing a lateral aberration of theimaging lens of FIG. 31;

FIG. 34 is a sectional view of a schematic configuration of an imaginglens in Example 12 of the present invention;

FIG. 35 is an aberration diagram showing spherical aberration,astigmatism, and distortion of the imaging lens of FIG. 34; and

FIG. 36 is an aberration diagram showing a lateral aberration of theimaging lens of FIG. 34.

FIG. 37 is a sectional view of a schematic configuration of an imaginglens in Example 13 of the present invention;

FIG. 38 is an aberration diagram showing spherical aberration,astigmatism, and distortion of the imaging lens of FIG. 37;

FIG. 39 is an aberration diagram showing a lateral aberration of theimaging lens of FIG. 37;

FIG. 40 is a sectional view of a schematic configuration of an imaginglens in Example 14 of the present invention;

FIG. 41 is an aberration diagram showing spherical aberration,astigmatism, and distortion of the imaging lens of FIG. 40;

FIG. 42 is an aberration diagram showing a lateral aberration of theimaging lens of FIG. 40;

FIG. 43 is a sectional view of a schematic configuration of an imaginglens in Example 15 of the present invention;

FIG. 44 is an aberration diagram showing spherical aberration,astigmatism, and distortion of the imaging lens of FIG. 43; and

FIG. 45 is an aberration diagram showing a lateral aberration of theimaging lens of FIG. 43.

FIG. 46 is a sectional view of a schematic configuration of an imaginglens in Example 16 of the present invention;

FIG. 47 is an aberration diagram showing spherical aberration,astigmatism, and distortion of the imaging lens of FIG. 46; and

FIG. 48 is an aberration diagram showing a lateral aberration of theimaging lens of FIG. 46.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

Hereunder, referring to the accompanying drawings, an embodiment of thepresent invention will be fully described.

FIGS. 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, 28, 31, 34, 37, 40, 43 and 46 areschematic sectional views of the imaging lenses in Examples 1 to 16according to the embodiment, respectively. Since the imaging lenses inthose Examples have the same basic configuration, the lens configurationof the embodiment will be described with reference to the illustrativesectional view of Example 1.

As shown in FIG. 1, the imaging lens according to the present embodimentcomprises, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lensL1 with negative refractive power, a second lens L2 with positiverefractive power, a third lens L3 with negative refractive power, afourth lens L4, a fifth lens L5, a sixth lens L6, a seventh lens L7 andan eighth lens L8 with negative refractive power.

Each lens of the first lens L1 to the eighth lens L8 is arranged with anair gap. A filter 10 is arranged between the eighth lens L8 and an imageplane IM of an image sensor. The filter 10 is omissible.

The first lens L1 has a shape that a curvature radius r1 (=R1f) of anobject-side surface and a curvature radius r2 (=R1r) of an image-sidesurface of the first lens are both positive. The first lens L1 is formedin a meniscus shape having the object-side surface being convex in theparaxial region. The shape of the first lens L1 is not limited to theone in the Example 1. The shape of the first lens L1 can be formed inany shape, as long as refractive power of the first lens L1 is negative.Other than the shape of the Example 1, the first lens L1 may be formedin a shape that the curvature radii r1 and r2 are both negative or ashape that the curvature radius r1 is negative and the curvature radiusr2 is positive. The lens having the former shape is the meniscus lenshaving the object-side surface being concave in the paraxial region, andthe lens having the latter shape is a biconcave lens in the paraxialregion. It is preferable that the curvature radius r1 of the first lensL1 is positive from the standpoint of downsizing the imaging lens.

In the Example 1, an aperture stop ST is disposed between the first lensL1 and the second lens L2. A location of the aperture stop ST is notlimited to the one of the Example 1. The aperture stop ST may bedisposed on the object side relative to the first lens L1. Otherwise,the aperture stop ST may be disposed between the second lens L2 and thethird lens L3, between the third lens L3 and the fourth lens L4, betweenthe fourth lens L4 and the fifth lens L5 or the like.

The second lens L2 has a shape that a curvature radius r4 of anobject-side surface is positive and a curvature radius r5 of animage-side surface is negative. The second lens L2 is formed in abiconvex shape in the paraxial region. The shape of the second lens L2is not limited to the one in the Example 1. The shape of the second lensL2 can be formed in any shape, as long as refractive power of the secondlens L2 is positive. Other than the shape of the Example 1, the secondlens L2 may be formed in a shape that the curvature radii r4 and r5 areboth positive or a shape that the curvature radii r4 and r5 are bothnegative. The lens having the former shape is the meniscus lens havingthe object-side surface being convex in the paraxial region, and thelens having the latter shape is the meniscus lens having the object-sidesurface being concave in the paraxial region. It is preferable that thecurvature radius r4 of the second lens L2 is positive from thestandpoint of downsizing the imaging lens.

The third lens L3 has a shape that a curvature radius r6 of anobject-side surface and a curvature radius r7 of an image-side surfaceare both positive. The third lens L3 is formed in the meniscus shapehaving the object-side surface being convex in the paraxial region. Inaddition, the third lens L3 is formed in a shape having a concavesurface facing the fourth lens at a peripheral area of the lens. Theshape of the third lens L3 is not limited to the one in the Example 1.The shape of the third lens L3 can be formed in any shape, as long asrefractive power of the third lens L3 is negative. Other than the shapeof the Example 1, the third lens L3 may be formed in a shape that thecurvature radii r6 and r7 are both negative or a shape that thecurvature radius r6 is negative and the curvature radius r7 is positive.The lens having the former shape is the meniscus lens having theobject-side surface being concave in the paraxial region, and the lenshaving the latter shape is the biconcave lens in the paraxial region. Itis preferable that the curvature radius r6 of the third lens L3 ispositive from the standpoint of downsizing the imaging lens.

The fourth lens L4 has positive refractive power. The refractive powerof the fourth lens L4 is not limited to the positive refractive power.Examples of the lens configuration that the refractive power of thefourth lens L4 is negative are shown in Examples 9 to 15. The fourthlens L4 is formed in a shape that a curvature radius r8 (=R4r) of anobject-side surface and a curvature radius r9 of an image-side surfaceare both negative. The fourth lens L4 is formed in the meniscus shapehaving the object-side surface being concave in the paraxial region. Inaddition, the fourth lens L4 is formed in a shape having a concavesurface facing the third lens at a peripheral area of the lens.Therefore, the above-mentioned third lens L3 and the fourth lens L4 arearranged in a manner that the concave surfaces of the third lens L3 andthe fourth lens L4 are faced each other at the peripheral area of thelens, and the field curvature and the astigmatism can be properlycorrected.

The shape of the fourth lens L4 is not limited to the one in theExample 1. Other than the shape of the Example 1, the fourth lens L4 maybe formed in a shape that the curvature radii r8 and r9 are bothpositive or a shape that the curvature radius r8 is positive and thecurvature radius r9 is negative. The lens having the former shape is themeniscus lens having the object-side surface being convex in theparaxial region, and the lens having the latter shape is the biconvexlens in the paraxial region. Furthermore, the fourth lens L4 may be thebiconcave lens in the paraxial region that the curvature radius r8 isnegative and the curvature radius r9 is positive.

The fifth lens L5 has positive refractive power. The refractive power ofthe fifth lens L5 is not limited to the positive refractive power.Examples of the lens configuration that the refractive power of thefifth lens L5 is negative are shown in Examples 5 to 8, and 13 to 15. Inaddition, an example of the fifth lens L5 that the refractive powerbecomes zero in the paraxial region is shown in the Example 16.

The fifth lens L5 is formed in a shape that a curvature radius r10 of anobject-side surface and a curvature radius r11 of an image-side surfaceare both negative. The fifth lens L5 is formed in the meniscus shapehaving the object-side surface being concave in the paraxial region. Theshape of the fifth lens L5 is not limited to the one in the Example 1.Examples 2 to 4, and 9 to 12 show a shape that the curvature radius r10is positive and the curvature radius r11 is negative, that is, a shapeof the biconvex lens in the paraxial region. Examples 6, 13 and 15 showa shape that the curvature radii r10 and r11 are both positive, that is,a shape of the meniscus lens having an object-side surface being convexin the paraxial region. Examples 8 and 14 show a shape that thecurvature radius r10 is negative and the curvature radius r11 ispositive, that is, a shape of the biconcave lens in the paraxial region.Furthermore, Example 16 is an example of a shape having both curvatureradii r10 and r11 of infinity and having refractive power at aperipheral area of the lens.

The sixth lens L6 has positive refractive power. The refractive power ofthe sixth lens L6 is not limited to the positive refractive power.Examples of the lens configuration that the refractive power of thesixth lens L6 is negative are shown in Examples 3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15and 16.

The sixth lens L6 is formed in a shape that a curvature radius r12 of anobject-side surface and a curvature radius r13 of an image-side surfaceare both negative. The sixth lens L6 is formed in a shape of themeniscus lens having the object-side surface being concave in theparaxial region. In addition, the shape of the sixth lens L6 is notlimited to the one in the Example 1. Other than the shape of the Example1, the sixth lens L6 may be formed in a shape that the curvature radiir12 and r13 are both positive or a shape that the curvature radius r12is positive and the curvature radius r13 is negative. The lens havingthe former shape is the meniscus lens having the object-side surfacebeing convex in the paraxial region, and the lens having the lattershape is the biconvex lens in the paraxial region. Furthermore, thesixth lens L6 may be formed in a shape that the curvature radius r12 isnegative and the curvature radius r13 is positive, that is, a shape ofthe biconcave lens in the paraxial region. Furthermore, the sixth lensL6 is formed in a shape having the curvature radii r12 and r13 ofinfinity in the paraxial region and having refractive power at aperipheral area of the lens.

The seventh lens L7 has positive refractive power. The refractive powerof the seventh lens L7 is not limited to the positive refractive power.Examples of the lens configuration that the refractive power of theseventh lens L7 is negative are shown in Examples 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 and14.

The seventh lens L7 is formed in a shape that a curvature radius r14 ofan object-side surface and a curvature radius r15 (=R7r) of animage-side surface are both positive. The seventh lens L7 is formed in ashape of the meniscus lens having the object-side surface being convexin the paraxial region. The shape of the seventh lens L7 is not limitedto the one in the Example 1. Other than the shape of the Example 1, theseventh lens L7 may be formed in a shape that the curvature radii r14and r15 are both negative or a shape that the curvature radius r14 ispositive and the curvature radius r15 is negative. The lens having theformer shape is the meniscus lens having the object-side surface beingconcave in the paraxial region, and the lens having the latter shape isthe biconvex lens in the paraxial region. Furthermore, the seventh lensL7 may be formed in a shape that the curvature radius r14 is negativeand the curvature radius r15 is positive, that is, a shape of thebiconcave lens in the paraxial region.

The eighth lens L8 is formed in a shape that a curvature radius r16(=R8f) of an object-side surface and a curvature radius r17 (=R8r) of animage-side surface are both positive. The eighth lens L8 is formed in ashape of the meniscus lens having the object-side surface being convexin the paraxial region. The shape of the eighth lens L8 is not limitedto the one in the Example 1. The shape of the eighth lens L8 may be ashape that the curvature radius r16 is negative and the curvature radiusr17 is positive, that is, a shape of the biconcave lens in the paraxialregion. Other than such shapes, the eighth lens L8 may be formed in ashape that the curvature radii r16 and r17 are both negative.Furthermore, the eighth lens L8 may be formed in a shape that refractivepower of the eighth lens L8 is negative.

Regarding the eighth lens L8, the image-side surface is formed as anaspheric surface having at least one inflection point. Here, the“inflection point” means a point where the positive/negative sign of acurvature changes on the curve, i.e., a point where a direction ofcurving of the curve on the lens surface changes. The image-side surfaceof the eighth lens L8 of the imaging lens according to the presentembodiment is the aspheric surface having at least one pole. With suchshape of the eighth lens L8, an off-axial chromatic aberration ofmagnification as well as an axial chromatic aberration can be properlycorrected, and an incident angle of a light ray emitted from the imaginglens to the image plane IM can be preferably controlled within the rangeof chief ray angle (CRA). According to the imaging lens in the Example1, both surfaces of the seventh lens L7 and the eighth lens L8 areformed as aspheric surfaces having at least one inflection point.Therefore, aberrations at image periphery can be properly corrected.Depending on the required optical performance and extent of downsizingof the imaging lens, among lens surfaces of the seventh lens L7 and theeighth lens L8, lens surfaces other than the image-side surface of theeighth lens L8 may be formed as an aspheric surface without theinflection point.

According to the embodiment, the imaging lens satisfies the followingconditional expressions (1) to (19):1.0<R1f/R1r<1.5  (1)−10.0<f1/f2<−2.0  (2)−8.5<f1/f2<−3.5  (2a)−10.0<f3/f<−2.0  (3)−8.0<f3/f<−2.5  (3a)0.3<f1/f3<3.0  (4)−4.0<R4f/f<−0.4  (5)12<|f5|/f  (6)0.15<L47/f<0.40  (7)0.40<R7r/R8f<0.90  (8)0.4<T7/T8<2.5  (9)0.6<D78/D34<1.4  (10)−3.0<f8/f<−0.3  (11)0.1<R8r/f<0.5  (12)10<vd1<35  (13)35<vd2<85  (14)10<vd3<35  (15)10<vd5<35  (16)10<vd6<35  (17)1.0<TL/f<1.5  (18)1.2<TL/Hmax<2.0  (19)

where

f: a focal length of the overall optical system of the imaging lens,

f1: a focal length of the first lens L1,

f2: a focal length of the second lens L2,

f3: a focal length of the third lens L3,

f4: a focal length of the fourth lens L4,

f5: a focal length of the fifth lens L5,

f8: a focal length of the eighth lens L8,

T7: a thickness along the optical axis X of the seventh lens L7,

T8: a thickness along the optical axis X of the eighth lens L8,

vd1: an abbe number at d-ray of the first lens L1,

vd2: an abbe number at d-ray of the second lens L2,

vd3: an abbe number at d-ray of the third lens L3,

vd5: an abbe number at d-ray of the fifth lens L5,

vd6: an abbe number at d-ray of the sixth lens L6,

R1f: a curvature radius of an object-side surface of the first lens L1,

R1r: a curvature radius of an image-side surface of the first lens L1,

R4f: a curvature radius of an object-side surface of the fourth lens L4,

R7r: a curvature radius of an image-side surface of the seventh lens L7,

R8f: a curvature radius of an object-side surface of the eighth lens L8,

R8r: a curvature radius of an image-side surface of the eighth lens L8,

D34: a distance along the optical axis X between the third lens L3 andthe fourth lens L4,

D78: a distance along the optical axis X between the seventh lens L7 andthe eighth lens L8,

Hmax: a maximum image height,

L47: a distance along the optical axis X from an object-side surface ofthe fourth lens L4 to an image-side surface of the seventh lens L7, and

TL: a distance along the optical axis X from an object-side surface ofthe first lens L1 to an image plane IM. (Filter 10 is an air-converteddistance)

When the fourth lens L4 has positive refractive power as in the lensconfigurations in Examples 1 to 8, and 16, the following conditionalexpression (20) is further satisfied.2.0<f4/f<10.0  (20)

When the fourth lens L4 has the positive refractive power as in the lensconfigurations in Examples 1 to 8, and 16, the following conditionalexpression (21) is still further satisfied:1.5<f45/f<10.0  (21)

where

f45: a composite focal length of the fourth lens L4 and the fifth lensL5.

When the fourth lens L4 has negative refractive power as in the lensconfigurations in Examples 9 to 15, the following conditional expression(22) is further satisfied.−20.0<f4/f<−8.0  (22)

When the sixth lens L6 has positive refractive power as in the lensconfigurations in Examples 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 10, 13 and 14, the followingconditional expression (23) is further satisfied:5.0<f6/f<30.0  (23)

where

f6: a focal length of the sixth lens.

When the fifth lens L5 and the sixth lens L6 have positive refractivepower as in the lens configurations in Examples 1, 2, 9 and 10, thefollowing conditional expressions (24) and (24a) are further satisfied:4.0<f6/f<12.0  (24)5.0<f6/f<11.0  (24a)

where

f56: a composite focal length of the fifth lens L5 and the sixth lensL6.

When the seventh lens L7 has positive refractive power as in the lensconfigurations in Examples 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15 and 16, thefollowing conditional expression (25) is further satisfied:−5.0<f7/f8<−1.0  (25)

where

f7: a focal length of the seventh lens.

When the seventh lens L7 has negative refractive power as in the lensconfigurations in Examples 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14, the followingconditional expression (26) is further satisfied.5.0<f7/f8<20.0  (26)

The imaging lens according to the present embodiment satisfies thefollowing conditional expression.60°≤2ω

Furthermore, the imaging lens according to the present embodimentsatisfies the following conditional expression (27).f/Dep<2.0  (27)

where

Dep: an entrance pupil diameter of the imaging lens.

It is not necessary to satisfy the above all conditional expressions,and when any one of the conditional expressions is individuallysatisfied, operational advantage corresponding to each conditionalexpression can be obtained. According to the present embodiment, lenssurfaces of the respective lenses are formed as aspheric surfaces. Anequation that expresses these aspheric surfaces is shown below:

$\begin{matrix}{Z = {\frac{C \cdot H^{2}}{1 + \sqrt{1 - {\left( {1 + k} \right) \cdot C^{2} \cdot H^{2}}}} + {\sum\left( {{An} \cdot H^{n}} \right)}}} & \left\lbrack {{Equation}\mspace{14mu} 1} \right\rbrack\end{matrix}$

where

Z: a distance in a direction of the optical axis,

H: a distance from the optical axis in a direction perpendicular to theoptical axis,

C: a paraxial curvature (=1/r, r: paraxial curvature radius),

k: conic constant, and

An: the nth aspheric coefficient.

Next, examples of the imaging lens according to the present embodimentwill be described. In each example, f represents a focal length of theoverall optical system of the imaging lens, Fno represents a F-number, wrepresents a half field of view. Additionally, i represents a surfacenumber counted from the object side, r represents a paraxial curvatureradius, d represents a distance of lenses along the optical axis(surface distance), nd represents a refractive index at a referencewavelength of 588 nm, and vd represents an abbe number at the referencewavelength, respectively. Here, surfaces indicated with surface numbersi affixed with an asterisk (*) are aspheric surfaces.

Example 1

The basic lens data is shown below in Table 1.

TABLE 1 f = 6.06 mm Fno = 1.5 ω = 37.2° i r d nd νd [mm] ∞ ∞ L1  1*3.679 0.312 1.6707 19.2 f1 = −34.903  2* 3.071 1.055   3 (ST) ∞ −0.759L2  4* 3.019 1.332 1.5348 55.7 f2 = 4.885  5* −16.411 0.030 L3  6* 2.5200.250 1.6707 19.2 f3 = −19.844  7* 2.034 0.871 L4  8* −12.443 0.6111.5348 55.7 f4 = 36.805  9* −7.754 0.026 L5 10* −904.287 0.304 1.670719.2 f5 = 100.926 11* −62.989 0.130 L6 12* −4.720 0.777 1.6707 19.2 f6 =101.456 13* −4.706 0.028 L7 14* 2.107 0.395 1.5445 56.4 f7 = 10.090 15*3.193 0.711 L8 16* 5.881 0.306 1.5348 55.7 f8 = −5.146 17* 1.841 0.47518  ∞ 0.210 1.5168 64.2 19  ∞ 0.946 (IM) ∞

f45=26.890 mm

f56=52.365 mm

R1f=3.679 mm

R1r=3.071 mm

R4f=−12.443 mm

R7r=3.193 mm

R8f=5.881 mm

R8r=1.841 mm

D34=0.871 mm

D78=0.711 mm

T7=0.395 mm

T8=0.306 mm

L47=2.270 mm

TL=7.938 mm

Hmax=4.6 mm

Dep=4.015 mm

TABLE 2 Aspheric Surface Data i k A4 A6 A8 A10  1  0.000E+00 −1.739E−02−1.227E−02  6.255E−03 −1.562E−03  2  0.000E+00 −1.266E−02 −2.807E−02 1.613E−02 −5.251E−03  4 −2.347E+00  3.035E−02 −2.522E−02  1.874E−02−1.042E−02  5  0.000E+00  3.590E−02 −3.841E−02  2.580E−02 −1.164E−02  6−2.233E+01  1.383E−01 −2.005E−01  1.953E−01 −1.416E−01  7 −2.330E+00−2.807E−02  4.026E−02 −6.236E−02  5.890E−02  8  5.114E+01 −2.100E−02 2.313E−02 −4.758E−02  3.760E−02  9  0.000E+00 −6.344E−02 −4.690E−02 4.250E−02  9.775E−03 10  0.000E+00 −8.775E−02 −8.322E−02  1.138E−01−2.224E−02 11  0.000E+00  2.464E−02 −1.320E−01  1.318E−01 −6.730E−02 12 0.000E+00  1.600E−01 −1.299E−01  7.138E−02 −2.616E−02 13  0.000E+00 4.186E−02 −9.199E−03  6.372E−03 −5.828E−03 14 −8.574E−01 −3.057E−02 7.208E−03 −1.352E−02  7.310E−03 15  0.000E+00  3.494E−02 −3.911E−02 1.162E−02 −2.229E−03 16  2.315E−01 −1.181E−01  3.752E−02 −8.123E−03 1.341E−03 17 −6.568E+00 −6.559E−02  2.141E−02 −4.908E−03  8.150E−04 iA12 A14 A16 A18 A20  1  1.347E−04  4.492E−05 −1.597E−05  1.948E−06−8.407E−08  2  1.062E−03 −1.038E−04 −3.511E−06  1.758E−06 −1.123E−07  4 4.174E−03 −1.100E−03  1.765E−04 −1.500E−05  4.758E−07  5  3.522E−03−7.689E−04  1.474E−04 −2.273E−05  1.655E−06  6  7.084E−02 −2.297E−02 4.407E−03 −4.017E−04  6.302E−06  7 −3.718E−02  1.599E−02 −4.551E−03 7.770E−04 −5.940E−05  8 −1.542E−02  3.035E−03 −1.708E−04 −3.083E−05 8.070E−06  9 −2.520E−02  1.255E−02 −2.927E−03  3.296E−04 −1.379E−05 10−2.775E−02  2.003E−02 −5.830E−03  8.333E−04 −4.907E−05 11  1.812E−02−2.172E−03 −4.102E−05  3.741E−05 −2.898E−06 12  4.906E−03 −1.698E−04−7.763E−05  9.710E−06 −2.856E−07 13  2.492E−03 −5.861E−04  8.232E−05−6.664E−06  2.410E−07 14 −2.310E−03  4.645E−04 −5.740E−05  3.930E−06−1.134E−07 15  3.030E−04 −2.656E−05  1.050E−06  2.107E−08 −2.409E−09 16−1.558E−04  1.194E−05 −5.722E−07  1.573E−08 −1.955E−10 17 −9.773E−05 8.089E−06 −4.195E−07  1.170E−08 −1.257E−10

The values of the respective conditional expressions are as follows:R1f/R1r=1.20f1/f2=−7.14f3/f=−3.27f1/f3=1.76R4f/f=−2.05|f5|/f=16.65L47/f=0.37R7r/R8f=0.54T7/T8=1.29D78/D34=0.82f8/f=−0.85R8r/f=0.30TL/f=1.31TL/Hmax=1.73f4/f=6.07f45/f=4.44f6/f=16.74f56/f=8.64f7/f8=−1.96f/Dep=1.51

Accordingly, the imaging lens according to the Example 1 satisfies theabove-described conditional expressions.

FIG. 2 shows spherical aberration (mm), astigmatism (mm), and distortion(%) of the imaging lens in Example 1, respectively. The astigmatismdiagram and distortion diagram show aberrations at the referencewavelength (588 nm). Furthermore, in the astigmatism diagram, a sagittalimage surface (S) and a tangential image surface (T) are shownrespectively (same for FIGS. 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 26, 29, 32, 35,38, 41, 44 and 47). FIG. 3 shows a lateral aberration corresponding to aratio H of each image height to the maximum image height Hmax(hereinafter referred to as “image height ratio H”), which is dividedinto a tangential direction and a sagittal direction (same for FIGS. 6,9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33, 36, 39, 42, 45 and 48). As shown inFIGS. 2 and 3, according to the imaging lens of the Example 1,aberrations can be properly corrected.

Example 2

The basic lens data is shown below in Table 3.

TABLE 3 f = 6.38 mm Fno = 1.7 ω = 35.8° i r d n d νd [mm] ∞ ∞ L1  1*3.735 0.326 1.6707 19.2 fl = −25.365  2* 2.955 1.015  3 (ST) ∞ −0.764 L2 4* 2.824 1.355 1.5348 55.7 f2 = 4.609  5* −16.134 0.030 L3  6* 2.3970.250 1.6707 19.2 f3 = −28.576  7* 2.041 0.868 L4  8* −13.470 0.7061.5348 55.7 f4 = 21.457  9* −6.310 0.047 L5 10* 114.798 0.281 1.670719.2 f5 = 116.346 11* −243.472 0.123 L6 12* −4.423 0.504 1.6707 19.2 f6= 102.826 13* −4.347 0.018 L7 14* 3.124 0.327 1.5445 56.4 f7 = −85.03515* 2.819 1.042 L8 16* 4.646 0.400 1.5348 55.7 f8 = −7.169 17* 2.0380.564 18 ∞ 0.210 1.5168 64.2 19 ∞ 0.561 (1M) ∞

f45=18.078 mm

f56=55.865 mm

R1f=3.735 mm

R1r=2.955 mm

R4f=−13.470 mm

R7r=2.819 mm

R8f=4.646 mm

R8r=2.038 mm

D34=0.868 mm

D78=1.042 mm

T7=0.327 mm

T8=0.400 mm

L47=2.004 mm

TL=7.788 mm

Hmax=4.6 mm

Dep=3.781 mm

TABLE 4 Aspheric Surface Data i k A4 A6 A8 A10  1  0.000E+00 −1.896E−02−1.160E−02  6.103E−03 −1.536E−03  2  0.000E+00 −1.176E−02 −2.772E−02 1.617E−02 −5.266E−03  4 −4.385E+00  4.243E−02 −2.578E−02  1.703E−02−8.897E−03  5  0.000E+00  1.996E−02 −2.516E−02  2.078E−02 −1.116E−02  6−1.805E+01  1.494E−01 −1.812E−01  1.832E−01 −1.359E−01  7 −1.071E+00−1.081E−02  2.643E−02 −4.383E−02  5.279E−02  8  6.677E+01 −3.612E−02 3.272E−02 −5.527E−02  4.824E−02  9  0.000E+00 −1.062E−01  2.432E−02−8.839E−03  2.949E−02 10  0.000E+00 −1.895E−02 −1.256E−01  1.171E−01−1.792E−02 11  0.000E+00  1.186E−01 −2.219E−01  1.728E−01 −7.778E−02 12 0.000E+00  1.202E−01 −1.306E−01  7.363E−02 −2.416E−02 13  0.000E+00 6.088E−03 −2.298E−02  2.023E−02 −8.205E−03 14  4.767E−01 −7.499E−02−7.655E−03 −7.440E−03  6.267E−03 15  0.000E+00 −1.702E−02 −1.995E−02 9.585E−03 −2.340E−03 16  1.792E−01 −1.061E−01  4.399E−02 −1.123E−02 1.682E−03 17 −5.466E+00 −6.136E−02  2.379E−02 −5.953E−03  9.573E−04 iA12 A14 A16 A18 A20  1  1.288E−04  4.542E−05 −1.580E−05  1.936E−06−9.040E−08  2  1.060E−03 −1.046E−04 −3.205E−06  1.764E−06 −1.227E−07  4 3.667E−03 −1.063E−03  1.990E−04 −2.144E−05  1.060E−06  5  4.019E−03−9.074E−04  1.101E−04 −2.385E−06 −4.482E−07  6  6.948E−02 −2.319E−02 4.561E−03 −4.215E−04  6.954E−06  7 −3.836E−02  1.691E−02 −4.497E−03 6.846E−04 −4.769E−05  8 −2.078E−02  4.049E−03 −5.807E−05 −6.952E−05 4.760E−06  9 −2.772E−02  1.177E−02 −2.610E−03  3.143E−04 −1.911E−05 10−2.982E−02  2.041E−02 −5.833E−03  8.361E−04 −5.160E−05 11  1.948E−02−2.020E−03 −1.341E−04  4.782E−05 −2.953E−06 12  4.982E−03 −4.656E−04−6.336E−05  2.129E−05 −1.549E−06 13  2.462E−03 −5.787E−04  8.464E−05−5.780E−06  9.509E−08 14 −2.416E−03  4.831E−04 −5.279E−05  3.458E−06−1.454E−07 15  3.283E−04 −2.672E−05  8.811E−07  5.434E−08 −5.516E−09 16−1.541E−04  1.085E−05 −7.143E−07  9.848E−09  1.741E−09 17 −1.044E−04 7.886E−06 −3.983E−07  1.125E−08 −1.036E−10

The values of the respective conditional expressions are as follows:R1f/R1r=1.26f1/f2=−5.50f3/f=−4.48f1/f3=0.89R4f/f=−2.11|f5|/f=18.24L47/f=0.31R7r/R8f=0.61T7/T8=0.82D78/D34=1.20f8/f=−1.12R8r/f=0.32TL/f=1.22TL/Hmax=1.69f4/f=3.36f45/f=2.83f6/f=16.12f56/f=8.76f7/f8=11.86f/Dep=1.69

Accordingly, the imaging lens according to the Example 2 satisfies theabove-described conditional expressions.

FIG. 5 shows spherical aberration (mm), astigmatism (mm), and distortion(%), respectively. FIG. 6 shows a lateral aberration corresponding tothe image height ratio H. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, according to theimaging lens of the Example 2, aberrations can be properly corrected.

Example 3

The basic lens data is shown below in Table 5.

TABLE 5 f = 5.95 mm Fno = 1.5 ω = 37.7° r d i ∞ ∞ n d υ d [mm] L1 1*3.744 0.296 1.6707 19.2 f1 = −25.575 2* 2.976 1.118 3 (ST) ∞ −0.834 L24* 2.877 1.402 1.5348 55.7 f2 = 4.703 5* −16.624 0.030 L3 6* 2.433 0.2501.6707 19.2 f3 = −24.259 7* 2.029 0.870 L4 8* −13.649 0.626 1.5348 55.7f4 = 28.488 9* −7.314 0.039 L5 10* 150.846 0.300 1.6707 19.2 f5 =103.544 11* −128.609 0.132 L6 12* −4.079 0.465 1.6707 19.2 f6 = −15.54213* −7.007 0.028 L7 14* 2.001 0.445 1.5445 56.4 f7 = 8.330 15* 3.2990.817 L8 16* 5.018 0.445 1.5348 55.7 f8 = −6.343 17* 1.961 0.265 18 ∞0.210 1.5168 64.2 19 ∞ 0.907 (IM) ∞

f45=22.287 mm

f56=−18.245 mm

R1f=3.744 mm

R1r=2.976 mm

R4f=−13.649 mm

R7r=3.299 mm

R8f=5.018 mm

R8r=1.961 mm

D34=0.870 mm

D78=0.817 mm

T7=0.445 mm

T8=0.445 mm

L47=2.034 mm

TL=7.740 mm

Hmax=4.6 mm

Dep=3.953 mm

TABLE 6 Aspheric Surface Data i k A4 A6 A8 A10 1   0.000E+00 −1.817E−02−1.142E−02   6.101E−03 −1.540E−03 2   0.000E+00 −1.183E−02 −2.811E−02  1.617E−02 −5.251E−03 4 −2.807E+00   3.164E−02 −2.373E−02   1.660E−02−9.274E−03 5   0.000E+00   1.771E−02 −2.408E−02   1.840E−02 −9.682E−03 6−2.094E+01   1.442E−01 −2.054E−01   1.999E−01 −1.412E−01 7 −9.079E−01−3.173E−02   2.544E−02 −4.632E−02   5.209E−02 8   1.868E+01 −1.178E−02  1.681E−02 −3.508E−02   3.033E−02 9   0.000E+00 −2.362E−02 −3.476E−02  1.068E−02   2.695E−02 10   0.000E+00 −1.926E−02 −1.392E−01   1.287E−01−2.184E−02 11   0.000E+00   5.537E−02 −1.775E−01   1.612E−01 −7.661E−0212   0.000E+00   1.665E−01 −1.217E−01   6.531E−02 −2.363E−02 13  0.000E+00   3.101E−02 −4.176E−03   6.026E−03 −6.201E−03 14 −9.371E−01−4.374E−02   1.211E−02 −1.358E−02   6.939E−03 15   0.000E+00   4.044E−02−4.019E−02   1.230E−02 −2.416E−03 16   3.460E−02 −1.239E−01   3.741E−02−8.048E−03   1.337E−03 17 −6.316E+00 −6.619E−02   2.102E−02 −5.168E−03  8.979E−04 i A12 A14 A16 A18 A20 1   1.294E−04   4.551E−05 −1.586E−05  1.940E−06 −8.698E−08 2   1.060E−03 −1.037E−04 −3.442E−06   1.751E−06−1.137E−07 4   3.863E−03 −1.089E−03   1.932E−04 −1.933E−05   8.240E−07 5  3.548E−03 −8.885E−04   1.488E−04 −1.533E−05   7.292E−07 6   6.916E−02−2.249E−02   4.613E−03 −5.366E−04   2.658E−05 7 −3.679E−02   1.666E−02−4.631E−03   7.126E−04 −4.573E−05 8 −1.460E−02   3.571E−03 −2.488E−04−6.288E−05   1.191E−05 9 −2.812E−02   1.206E−02 −2.655E−03   2.905E−04−1.191E−05 10 −2.795E−02   1.991E−02 −5.839E−03   8.418E−04 −4.926E−0511   1.952E−02 −2.083E−03 −1.311E−04   5.347E−05 −3.793E−06 12  4.550E−03 −2.555E−04 −5.307E−05   8.910E−06 −3.524E−07 13   2.564E−03−5.851E−04   8.071E−05 −6.404E−06   2.246E−07 14 −2.205E−03   4.557E−04−5.840E−05   4.172E−06 −1.261E−07 15   3.173E−04 −2.544E−05   8.826E−07  1.873E−08 −1.777E−09 16 −1.559E−04  1.193E−05 −5.674E−07   1.526E−08−1.774E−10 17 −1.049E−04  8.083E−06 −3.924E−07   1.076E−08 −1.251E−10

The values of the respective conditional expressions are as follows:R1f/R1r=1.26f1/f2=−5.44f3/f=−4.08f1/f3=1.05R4f/f=−2.30|f5|/f=17.41L47/f=0.34R7r/R8f=0.66T7/T8=1.00D78/D34=0.94f8/f=−1.07R8r/f=0.33TL/f=1.30TL/Hmax=1.69f4/f=4.79f45/f=3.75f7/f8=−1.31f/Dep=1.50

Accordingly, the imaging lens according to the Example 3 satisfies theabove-described conditional expressions.

FIG. 8 shows spherical aberration (mm), astigmatism (mm), and distortion(%), respectively. FIG. 9 shows a lateral aberration corresponding tothe image height ratio H. As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, according to theimaging lens of the Example 3, aberrations can be properly corrected.

Example 4

The basic lens data is shown below in Table 7.

TABLE 7 f = 6.57 mm Fno = 1.7 ω = 35.0° i r d n d ν d [mm] ∞ ∞ L1  1*3.712 0.329 1.6707 19.2 f1 = −27.629  2* 2.982 1.013  3 (ST) ∞ −0.762 L2 4* 2.801 1.388 1.5348 55.7 f2 = 4.584  5* −16.273 0.030 L3  6* 2.3970.250 1.6707 19.2 f3 = −29.908  7* 2.052 0.891 L4  8* −13.553 0.7151.5348 55.7 f4 = 20.438  9* −6.162 0.047 L5 10* 116.812 0.282 1.670719.2 f5 = 117.946 11* −244.882 0.123 L6 12* −4.249 0.503 1.6707 19.2 f6= −49.588 13* −5.103 0.018 L7 14* 3.102 0.338 1.5445 56.4 f7 = −98.99715* 2.821 1.048 L8 16* 4.639 0.413 1.5348 55.7 f8 = −7.361 17* 2.0640.347 18 ∞ 0.210 1.5168 64.2 19 ∞ 0.706 (IM) ∞

f45=17.385 mm

f56=−83.453 mm

R1f=3.712 mm

R1r=2.982 mm

R4f=−13.553 mm

R7r=2.821 mm

R8f=4.639 mm

R8r=2.064 mm

D34=0.891 mm

D78=1.048 mm

T7=0.338 mm

T8=0.413 mm

L47=2.026 mm

TL=7.817 mm

Hmax=4.6 mm

Dep=3.796 mm

TABLE 8 Aspheric Surface Data i k A4 A6 A8 A10 1  0.000E+00 −1.902E−02−1.160E−02  6.102E−03 −1.536E−03 2  0.000E+00 −1.176E−02 −2.772E−02 1.617E−02 −5.266E−03 4 −5.572E+00  4.837E−02 −2.702E−02  1.673E−02−8.740E−03 5  0.000E+00  1.612E−02 −2.168E−02  1.866E−02 −1.035E−02 6−1.804E+01  1.450E−01 −1.812E−01  1.829E−01 −1.356E−01 7 −1.125E+00−1.136E−02  2.478E−02 −4.343E−02  5.260E−02 8  7.133E+01 −2.119E−02 2.601E−02 −4.376E−02  3.878E−02 9  0.000E+00 −7.292E−02  5.781E−04−2.429E−03  3.069E−02 10  0.000E+00 −1.056E−02 −1.371E−01  1.188E−01−1.923E−02 11  0.000E+00  1.060E−01 −2.164E−01  1.699E−01 −7.708E−02 12 0.000E+00  1.175E−01 −1.372E−01  7.718E−02 −2.440E−02 13  0.000E+00−1.866E−03 −2.422E−02  1.895E−02 −7.334E−03 14  1.176E−01 −8.206E−02 6.218E−03 −6.709E−03  5.930E−03 15  0.000E+00 −2.421E−02 −1.724E−02 8.940E−03 −2.263E−03 16 −4.660E−01 −1.133E−01  4.628E−02 −1.147E−02 1.686E−03 17 −6.672E+00 −5.926E−02  2.218E−02 −5.504E−03  9.034E−04 iA12 A14 A16 A18 A20 1  1.287E−04  4.543E−05 −1.580E−05  1.934E−06−9.021E−08 2  1.060E−03 −1.046E−04 −3.205E−06  1.762E−06 −1.228E−07 4 3.669E−03 −1.071E−03  1.985E−04 −2.084E−05  9.693E−07 5  3.909E−03−9.266E−04  1.157E−04 −2.307E−06 −6.377E−07 6  6.973E−02 −2.317E−02 4.522E−03 −4.388E−04  1.306E−05 7 −3.802E−02  1.715E−02 −4.515E −03 5.761E−04 −2.210E−05 8 −1.740E−02  3.757E−03 −4.421E−05 −1.015E−04 6.838E−06 9 −2.846E−02  1.171E−02 −2.548E−03  3.380E−04 −2.921E−05 10−2.801E−02  1.972E−02 −5.787E−03  8.749E−04 −5.998E−05 11  1.943E−02−2.010E−03 −1.341E−04  4.631E−05 −2.757E−06 12  4.777E−03 −4.310E−04−5.671E−05  1.848E−05 −1.303E−06 13  2.393E−03 −6.015E−04  8.502E−05−5.006E−06  3.303E−08 14 −2.283E−03  4.629E−04 −5.316E−05  3.968E−06−2.013E−07 15  3.287E−04 −2.738E−05  8.427E−07  6.298E−08 −5.571E−09 16−1.536E−04  1.086E−05 −7.163E−07  9.748E−09  1.753E−09 17 −1.035E−04 8.197E−06 −4.041E−07  8.667E−09  3.197E−11

The values of the respective conditional expressions are as follows:R1f/R1r=1.24f1/f2=−6.03f3/f=−4.55f1/f3=0.92R4f/f=−2.06|f5|/f=17.94L47/f=0.31R7r/R8f=0.61T7/T8=0.82D78/D34=1.18f8/f=−1.12R8r/f=0.31TL/f=1.19TL/Hmax=1.70f4/f=3.11f45/f=2.64f7/f8=13.45f/Dep=1.73

Accordingly, the imaging lens according to the Example 4 satisfies theabove-described conditional expressions.

FIG. 11 shows spherical aberration (mm), astigmatism (mm), anddistortion (%), respectively. FIG. 12 shows a lateral aberrationcorresponding to the image height ratio H. As shown in FIGS. 11 and 12,according to the imaging lens of the Example 4, aberrations can beproperly corrected.

Example 5

The basic lens data is shown below in Table 9.

TABLE 9 f = 6.39 mm Fno = 1.6 ω = 35.7° r d i ∞ ∞ n d υd [mm] L1  1*   3.687   0.316 1.6707 19.2 f1 = −36. 061  2*    3.089   1.059  3 (ST)∞ −0.761 L2  4*    3.061   1.331 1.5348 55.7 f2 = 4.919  5*  −15.861  0.030 L3  6*    2.517   0.250 1.6707 19.2 f3 = −19.775  7*    2.031  0.870 L4  8*  −12.403   0.613 1.5348 55.7 f4 = 36.091  9*  −7.681  0.029 L5 10*  −48.649   0.309 1.6707 19.2 f5 = −106.365 11* −153.323  0.136 L6 12*  −4.865   0.777 1.6707 19.2 f6 = 77.110 13*  −4.732  0.028 L7 14*    2.100   0.397 1.5445 56.4 f7 = 9.592 15*    3.278  0.717 L8 16*    5.850   0.311 1.5348 55.7 f8 = −5.200 17*    1.850  1.194 18 ∞   0.210 1.5168 64.2 19 ∞   0.396 (IM) ∞

f45=55.159 mm

f56=236.038 mm

R1f=3.687 mm

R1r=3.089 mm

R4f=−12.403 mm

R7r=3.278 mm

R8f=5.850 mm

R8r=1.850 mm

D34=0.870 mm

D78=0.717 mm

T7=0.397 mm

T8=0.311 mm

L47=2.290 mm

TL=8.141 mm

Hmax=4.6 mm

Dep=4.020 mm

TABLE 10 Aspheric Surface Data i k A4 A6 A8 A10 1  0.000E+00 −1.744E−02−1.228E−02  6.257E−03 −1.568E−03 2  0.000E+00 −1.289E−02 −2.808E−02 1.615E−02 −5.251E−03 4 −2.197E+00  2.901E−02 −2.495E−02  1.869E−02−1.043E−02 5  0.000E+00  3.768E−02 −4.260E−02  2.969E−02 −1.340E−02 6−2.268E+01  1.390E−01 −2.019E−01  1.963E−01 −1.413E−01 7 −2.312E+00−3.134E−02  4.669E−02 −7.159E−02  6.801E−02 8  4.851E+01 −2.500E−02 2.109E−02 −4.631E−02  3.787E−02 9  0.000E+00 −6.558E−02 −4.395E−02 3.954E−02  1.153E−02 10  0.000E+00 −7.846E−02 −8.436E−02  1.133E−01−2.226E−02 11  0.000E+00  2.489E−02 −1.307E−01  1.305E−01 −6.685E−02 12 0.000E+00  1.540E−01 −1.285E−01  7.148E−02 −2.620E−02 13  0.000E+00 3.855E−02 −8.830E−03  6.439E−03 −5.842E−03 14 −8.802E−01 −3.563E−02 8.374E−03 −1.392E−02  7.591E−03 15  0.000E+00  3.077E−02 −3.794E−02 1.159E−02 −2.232E−03 16 −2.335E−01 −1.189E−01  3.751E−02 −8.145E−03 1.347E−03 17 −7.107E+00 −6.583E−02  2.156E−02 −4.943E−03  8.144E−04 iA12 A14 A16 A18 A20 1  1.364E−04  4.496E−05 −1.604E−05  1.942E−06−8.123E−08 2  1.061E−03 −1.038E−04 −3.482E−06  1.771E−06 −1.159E−07 4 4.181E−03 −1.100E−03  1.770E−04 −1.522E−05  4.911E−07 5  3.817E−03−6.862E−04  1.066E−04 −1.784E−05  1.541E−06 6  7.067E−02 −2.304E−02 4.423E−03 −3.864E−04  1.749E−06 7 −4.132E−02  1.615E−02 −3.903E−03 5.256E−04 −2.833E−05 8 −1.556E−02  2.979E−03 −1.672E−04 −2.339E−05 8.639E−06 9 −2.555E−02  1.248E−02 −2.914E−03  3.381E−04 −1.545E−05 10−2.771E−02  2.004E−02 −5.816E−03  8.254E−04 −4.815E−05 11  1.812E−02−2.177E−03 −4.207E−05  3.725E−05 −2.854E−06 12  4.837E−03 −9.548E−05−9.512E−05  9.760E−06 −4.978E−08 13  2.505E−03 −5.900E−04  8.336E−05−6.886E−06  2.591E−07 14 −2.411E−03  4.781E−04 −5.671E−05  3.602E−06−9.244E−08 15  3.019E−04 −2.641E−05  1.023E−06  2.512E−08 −2.613E−09 16−1.559E−04  1.188E−05 −5.718E−07  1.645E−08 −2.347E−10 17 −9.773E−05 8.133E−06 −4.225E−07  1.174E−08 −1.265E−10

The values of the respective conditional expressions are as follows:R1f/R1r=1.19f1/f2=−7.33f3/f=−3.09f1/f3=1.82R4f/f=−1.94|f5|/f=16.64L47/f=0.36R7r/R8f=0.56T7/T8=1.27D78/D34=0.82f8/f=−0.81R8r/f=0.29TL/f=1.27TL/Hmax=1.77f4/f=5.65f45/f=8.63f6/f=12.07f7/f8=−1.84f/Dep=1.59

Accordingly, the imaging lens according to the Example 5 satisfies theabove-described conditional expressions.

FIG. 14 shows spherical aberration (mm), astigmatism (mm), anddistortion (%), respectively. FIG. 15 shows a lateral aberrationcorresponding to the image height ratio H. As shown in FIGS. 14 and 15,according to the imaging lens of the Example 5, aberrations can beproperly corrected.

Example 6

The basic lens data is shown below in Table 11.

TABLE 11 f = 6.68 mm Fno = 1.8 ω = 34. 6° i r d n d ν d [mm] ∞ ∞ L1  1*3.681 0.328 1.6707 19.2 f1 = −26.540  2* 2.942 1.014 3 (ST) ∞ −0.763 L2 4* 2.829 1.353 1.5348 55.7 f2 = 4.614   5* −16.10 0.030 L3  6* 2.4040.250 1.6707 19.2 f3 = −28.960  7* 2.050 0.866 L4  8* −13.581 0.7031.5348 55.7 f4 = 20.775   9* −6.221 0.046 L5 10* 1454.618 0.287 1.670719.2  f5 = −126.072 11* 79.910 0.122 L6 12* −4.416 0.506 1.6707 19.2 f6= 98.191  13* −4.329 0.021 L7 14* 3.123 0.334 1.5445 56.4 f7 = −85.66015* 2.81 1.062 L8 16* 4.637 0.398 1.5348 55.7 f8 = −7.173  17* 2.0370.338 18  ∞ 0.210 1.5168 64.2 19  ∞ 0.867 (IM) ∞

f45=24.909 mm

f56=379.686 mm

R1f=3.681 mm

R1r=2.942 mm

R4f=−13.581 mm

R7r=2.817 mm

R8f=4.637 mm

R8r=2.037 mm

D34=0.866 mm

D78=1.062 mm

T7=0.334 mm

T8=0.398 mm

L47=2.018 mm

TL=7.900 mm

Hmax=4.6 mm

Dep=3.791 mm

TABLE 12 Aspheric Surface Data i k A4 A6 A8 A10 1  0.000E+00 −1.885E−02−1.156E−02  6.104E−03 −1.537E−03 2  0.000E+00 −1.156E−02 −2.778E−02 1.616E−02 −5.262E−03 4 −5.739E+00  4.912E−02 −2.785E−02  1.719E−02−8.847E−03 5  0.000E+00  2.258E−02 −2.791E−02  2.341E−02 −1.276E−02 6−1.807E+01  1.456E−01 −1.772E−01  1.808E−01 −1.347E−01 7 −8.483E−01−1.981E−02  3.025E−02 −4.088E−02  4.487E−02 8 −1.804E+01 −3.698E−02 4.383E−02 −7.304E−02  6.249E−02 9  0.000E+00 −9.701E−02  3.782E−02−2.947E−02  3.968E−02 10  0.000E+00 −4.676E−02 −9.523E−02  1.038E−01−1.860E−02 11  0.000E+00  1.032E−01 −2.105E−01  1.652E−01 −7.463E−02 12 0.000E+00  1.571E−01 −1.607E−01  8.275E−02 −2.489E−02 13  0.000E+00 2.382E−02 −2.989E−02  1.869E−02 −7.456E−03 14  9.131E−01 −7.291E−02 6.809E−04 −4.259E−03  4.894E−03 15  0.000E+00 −2.289E−02 −1.793E−02 9.180E−03 −2.326E−03 16 −2.193E−01 −1.093E−01  4.184E−02 −1.042E−02 1.575E−03 17 −6.575E+00 −5.736E−02  2.080E−02 −5.312E−03  9.033E−04 iA12 A14 A16 A18 A20 1  1.285E−04  4.536E−05 −1.579E−05  1.945E−06−9.139E−08 2  1.055E−03 −1.034E−04 −2.975E−06  1.737E−06 −1.329E−07 4 3.665E−03 −1.075E−03  2.046E−04 −2.226E−05  1.063E−06 5  4.457E−03−9.184E−04  9.572E−05 −6.999E−07 −5.883E−07 6  6.926E−02 −2.333E−02 4.629E−03 −4.118E−04  9.221E−07 7 −3.245E−02  1.589E−02 −5.466E−03 1.243E−03 −1.343E−04 8 −2.639E−02  4.017E−03  6.925E−04 −2.847E−04 2.472E−05 9 −2.860E−02  1.062E−02 −2.112E−03  2.407E−04 −1.567E−05 10−2.819E−02  2.070E−02 −6.173E−03  9.049E−04 −5.561E−05 11  1.904E−02−2.056E−03 −1.232E−04  4.774E−05 −2.950E−06 12  4.885E−03 −4.649E−04−6.561E−05  2.415E−05 −1.925E−06 13  2.478E−03 −5.884E−04  8.265E−05−6.215E−06  2.345E−07 14 −2.122E−03  4.782E−04 −5.891E−05  3.978E−06−1.523E−07 15  3.341E−04 −2.630E−05  7.496E−07  3.911E−08 −3.187E−09 16−1.406E−04  8.574E−06 −7.632E−07  6.561E−08 −1.988E−09 17 −1.044E−04 8.076E−06 −3.969E−07  1.066E−08 −9.919E−11

The values of the respective conditional expressions are as follows:R1f/R1r=1.25f1/f2=−5.75f3/f=−4.34f1/f3=0.92R4f/f=−2.03|f5|/f=18.87L47/f=0.30R7r/R8f=0.61T7/T8=0.84D78/D34=1.23f8/f=−1.07R8r/f=0.30TL/f=1.18TL/Hmax=1.72f4/f=3.11f45/f=3.73f6/f=14.70f7/f8=11.94f/Dep=1.76

Accordingly, the imaging lens according to the Example 6 satisfies theabove-described conditional expressions.

FIG. 17 shows spherical aberration (mm), astigmatism (mm), anddistortion (%), respectively. FIG. 18 shows a lateral aberrationcorresponding to the image height ratio H. As shown in FIGS. 17 and 18,according to the imaging lens of the Example 6, aberrations can beproperly corrected.

Example 7

The basic lens data is shown below in Table 13.

TABLE 13 f = 6.54 mm Fno = 1.6 ω = 35.1° i r d n d v d [mm] ∞ ∞ L1  1*3.688 0.314 1.6707 19.2 f1 = −36.420  2* 3.095 1.044  3 (ST) ∞ −0.748 L2 4* 3.039 1.348 1.5348 55.7 f2 = 4.874  5* −15.487 0.030 L3  6* 2.5060.250 1.6707 19.2 f3 = −20.979  7* 2.042 0.877 L4  8* −12.598 0.6091.5348 55.7 f4 = 33.958  9* −7.563 0.029 L5 10* −48.491 0.308 1.670719.2 f5 = −106.631 11* −150.971 0.137 L6 12* −4.422 0.762 1.6707 19.2 f6= −109.598 13* −5.030 0.028 L7 14* 2.083 0.391 1.5445 56.4 f7 = 9.18715* 3.334 0.732 L8 16* 5.826 0.312 1.5348 55.7 f8 = −5.308 17* 1.8731.192 18 ∞ 0.210 1.5168 64.2 19 ∞ 0.402 (IM) ∞

f45=50.261 mm

f56=−55.656 mm

R1f=3.688 mm

R1r=3.095 mm

R4f=−12.598 mm

R7r=3.334 mm

R8f=5.826 mm

R8r=1.873 mm

D34=0.877 mm

D78=0.732 mm

T7=0.391 mm

T8=0.312 mm

L47=2.265 mm

TL=8.155 mm

Hmax=4.6 mm

Dep=4.022 mm

TABLE 14 Aspheric Surface Data i k A4 A6 A8 A10 1   0.000E+00 −1.830E−02−1.224E−02   6.272E−03 −1.564E−03 2   0.000E+00 −1.268E−02 −2.808E−02  1.616E−02 −5.251E−03 4 −2.186E+00   2.939E−02 −2.397E−02   1.818E−02−1.034E−02 5   0.000E+00   3.708E−02 −4.238E−02   2.969E−02 −1.340E−02 6−2.199E+01   1.395E−01 −2.010E−01   1.966E−01 −1.417E−01 7 −2.333E+00−3.051E−02   4.675E−02 −7.155E−02   6.802E−02 8   5.365E+01 −2.792E−02  2.283E−02 −4.673E−02   3.781E−02 9   0.000E+00 −6.368E−02 −4.335E−02  3.955E−02   1.149E−02 10   0.000E+00 −7.662E−02 −8.644E−02   1.143E−01−2.234E−02 11   0.000E+00   2.539E−02 −1.303E−01   1.305E−01 −6.685E−0212   0.000E+00   1.591E−01 −1.299E−01   7.187E−02 −2.622E−02 13  0.000E+00   3.674E−02 −8.753E−03   6.540E−03 −5.861E−03 14 −9.264E−01−3.784E−02   8.596E−03 −1.385E−02   7.564E−03 15   0.000E+00   3.030E−02−3.792E−02   1.165E−02 −2.232E−03 16 −5.896E−01 −1.207E−01   3.848E−02−8.308E−03   1.348E−03 17 −7.424E+00 −6.558E−02   2.153E−02 −4.963E−03  8.150E−04 i A12 A14 A16 A18 A20 1   1.362E−04   4.500E−05 −1.612E−05  1.942E−06 −7.886E−08 2   1.061E−03 −1.038E−04 −3.499E−06   1.773E−06−1.171E−07 4   4.189E−03 −1.103E−03   1.765E−04 −1.498E−05   4.671E−07 5  3.817E−03 −6.864E−04   1.064E−04 −1.784E−05   1.555E−06 6   7.075E−02−2.300E−02   4.419E−03 −3.906E−04   2.739E−06 7 −4.132E−02   1.615E−02−3.903E−03   5.265E−04 −2.794E−05 8 −1.551E−02   3.000E−03 −1.570E−04−3.234E−05   1.091E−05 9 −2.555E−02   1.249E−02 −2.912E−03   3.386E−04−1.551E−05 10 −2.779E−02   2.004E−02 −5.810E−03   8.276E−04 −4.886E−0511   1.811E−02 −2.177E−03 −4.205E−05   3.726E−05 −2.846E−06 12  4.839E−03 −9.714E−05 −9.569E−05   9.806E−06 −2.468E−08 13   2.503E−03−5.899E−04   8.340E−05 −6.885E−06   2.593E−07 14 −2.412E−03   4.778E−04−5.640E−05   3.581E−06 −9.419E−08 15   3.008E−04 −2.643E−05   1.033E−06  2.609E−08 −2.735E−09 16 −1.550E−04   1.193E−05 −5.758E−07   1.547E−08−1.742E−10 17 −9.770E−05   8.134E−06 −4.221E−07   1.178E−08 −1.315E−10

The values of the respective conditional expressions are as follows:R1f/R1r=1.19f1/f2=−7.47f3/f=−3.21f1/f3=1.74R4f/f=−1.92|f5|/f=16.29L47/f=0.35R7r/R8f=0.57T7/T8=1.25D78/D34=0.84f8/f=−0.81R8r/f=0.29TL/f=1.25TL/Hmax=1.77f4/f=5.19f45/f=7.68f7/f8=−1.73f/Dep=1.63

Accordingly, the imaging lens according to the Example 7 satisfies theabove-described conditional expressions.

FIG. 20 shows spherical aberration (mm), astigmatism (mm), anddistortion (%), respectively. FIG. 21 shows a lateral aberrationcorresponding to the image height ratio H. As shown in FIGS. 20 and 21,according to the imaging lens of the Example 7, aberrations can beproperly corrected.

Example 8

The basic lens data is shown below in Table 15.

TABLE 15 f = 6.76 mm Fno = 1.8 ω = 34.2° i r d n d ν d [mm] ∞ ∞ L1  1*3.704 0.327 1.6707 19.2 f1 = −28.911  2* 3.000 1.012  3 (ST) ∞ −0.763 L2 4* 2.802 1.388 1.5348 55.7 f2 = 4.580  5* −16.093 0.030 L3  6* 2.3910.250 1.6707 19.2 f3 = −30.521  7* 2.051 0.893 L4  8* −13.582 0.7191.5348 55.7 f4 = 20.420  9* −6.165 0.049 L5 10* −112.069 0.295 1.670719.2 f5 = −123.715 11* 320.039 0.124 L6 12* −4.265 0.512 1.6707 19.2 f6= −67.202 13* −4.938 0.023 L7 14* 3.074 0.339 1.5445 56.4 f7 = −100.25815* 2.797 1.041 L8 16* 4.639 0.411 1.5348 55.7 f8 = −7.507 17* 2.0860.219 18 ∞ 0.210 1.5168 64.2 19 ∞ 0.880 (IM) ∞

f45=24.524 mm

f56=−44.135 mm

R1f=3.704 mm

R1r=3.000 mm

R4f=−13.582 mm

R7r=2.797 mm

R8f=4.639 mm

R8r=2.086 mm

D34=0.893 mm

D78=1.041 mm

T7=0.339 mm

T8=0.411 mm

L47=2.061 mm

TL=7.888 mm

Hmax=4.6 mm

Dep=3.802 mm

TABLE 16 Aspheric Surface Data i k A4 A6 A8 A10 1  0.000E+00 −1.935E−02−1.161E−02  6.098E−03 −1.534E−03 2  0.000E+00 −1.200E−02 −2.777E−02 1.616E−02 −5.267E−03 4 −7.922E+00  6.140E−02 −3.426E−02  1.918E−02−9.076E−03 5  0.000E+00  1.304E−02 −1.786E−02  1.678E−02 −9.796E−03 6−1.718E+01  1.324E−01 −1.686E−01  1.736E−01 −1.313E−01 7 −1.235E+00−1.430E−02  2.310E−02 −3.736E−02  4.593E−02 8  7.327E+01 −1.964E−02 3.829E−02 −6.452E−02  5.977E−02 9  0.000E+00 −6.555E−02  3.961E−03−1.107E−02  3.708E−02 10  0.000E+00 −1.674E−02 −1.284E−01  1.118E−01−1.798E−02 11  0.000E+00  1.088E−01 −2.136E−01  1.650E−01 −7.447E−02 12 0.000E+00  1.354E−01 −1.547E−01  8.402E−02 −2.493E−02 13  0.000E+00−3.956E−03 −2.739E−02  2.014E−02 −7.412E−03 14 −2.873E−01 −9.214E−02 8.532E−03 −6.382E−03  5.805E−03 15  0.000E+00 −3.393E−02 −1.316E−02 8.075E−03 −2.195E−03 16 −2.789E−01 −1.180E−01  4.822E−02 −1.201E−02 1.781E−03 17 −7.323E+00 −6.029E−02  2.237E−02 −5.573E−03  9.255E−04 iA12 A14 A16 A18 A20 1  1.283E−04  4.546E−05 −1.579E−05  1.938E−06−8.987E−08 2  1.061E−03 −1.046E−04 −3.269E−06  1.762E−06 −1.190E−07 4 3.616E−03 −1.054E−03  2.004E−04 −2.165E−05  1.008E−06 5  3.801E−03−9.281E−04  1.247E−04 −4.669E−06 −5.016E−07 6  6.940E−02 −2.369E−02 4.646E−03 −4.140E−04  4.901E−06 7 −3.395E−02  1.680E−02 −5.529E−03 1.086E−03 −9.908E−05 8 −2.781E−02  4.601E−03  1.498E−03 −7.825E−04 9.748E−05 9 −3.049E−02  1.178E−02 −2.358E−03  2.769E−04 −2.411E−05 10−2.732E−02  1.966E−02 −5.857E−03  8.819E−04 −5.924E−05 11  1.907E−02−2.076E−03 −1.147E−04  4.393E−05 −2.477E−06 12  4.512E−03 −4.142E−04−5.263E−05  2.236E−05 −2.219E−06 13  2.453E−03 −6.260E−04  8.152E−05−2.900E−06 −1.612E−07 14 −2.316E−03  4.777E−04 −5.533E−05  4.314E−06−2.402E−07 15  3.315E−04 −2.788E−05  8.291E−07  6.251E−08 −5.334E−09 16−1.604E−04  1.031E−05 −6.288E−07  1.139E−08  1.367E−09 17 −1.070E−04 8.445E−06 −4.033E−07  7.567E−09  7.689E−11

The values of the respective conditional expressions are as follows:R1f/R1r=1.23f1/f2=−6.31f3/f=−4.51f1/f3=0.95R4f/f=−2.01|f5|/f=18.30L47/f=0.30R7r/R8f=0.60T7/T8=0.83D78/D34=1.17f8/f=−1.11R8r/f=0.31TL/f=1.17TL/Hmax=1.71f4/f=3.02f45/f=3.63f7/f8=13.35f/Dep=1.78

Accordingly, the imaging lens according to the Example 8 satisfies theabove-described conditional expressions.

FIG. 23 shows spherical aberration (mm), astigmatism (mm), anddistortion (%), respectively. FIG. 24 shows a lateral aberrationcorresponding to the image height ratio H. As shown in FIGS. 23 and 24,according to the imaging lens of the Example 8, aberrations can beproperly corrected.

Example 9

The basic lens data is shown below in Table 17.

TABLE 17 f = 5.89 mm Fno = 1.6 ω = 38.0° r d i ∞ ∞ n d ν d [mm] L1  1*3.740 0.282 1.670 19.2 f1 =  2* 3.105 1.083 −33.171  3 (ST) ∞ −0.843 L2 4* 2.864 1.381 1.5348 55.7 f2 =  5* −17.161 0.030 4.702 L3  6* 2.4950.250 1.6707 19.2 f3 =  7* 1.969 0.903 −17.206 L4  8* −7.408 0.6001.5348 55.7 f4 =  9* −9.221 0.050 −79.667 L5 10* 76.282 0.276 1.670 19.2f5 = 11* −2547.405 0.146 110.425 L6 12* −4.872 0.498 1.6707 19.2 f6 =13* −4.721 0.027 97.777 L7 14* 2.028 0.410 1.5445 56.4 f7 = 15* 3.2720.822 8.784 L8 16* 4.952 0.475 1.5348 55.7 f8 = 17* 1.933 0.745 −6.27218 ∞ 0.210 1.5168 64.2 19 ∞ 0.485 (IM) ∞

f45=−309.145 mm

f56=52.991 mm

R1f=3.740 mm

R1r=3.105 mm

R4f=−7.408 mm

R7r=3.272 mm

R8f=4.952 mm

R8r=1.933 mm

D34=0.903 mm

D78=0.822 mm

T7=0.410 mm

T8=0.475 mm

L47=2.007 mm

TL=7.759 mm

Hmax=4.6 mm

Dep=3.671 mm

TABLE 18 Aspheric Surface Data i k A4 A6 A8 A10 1 0.000E+00 −1.637E−02−1.176E−02 6.081E−03 −1.529E−03 2 0.000E+00 −1.185E−02 −2.798E−021.612E−02 −5.241E−03 4 −3.468E+00 3.744E−02 −2.862E−02 2.085E−02−1.152E−02 5 0.000E+00 3.131E−02 −3.830E−02 2.661E−02 −1.272E−02 6−2.018E+01 1.286E−01 −1.928E−01 1.813E−01 −1.321E−01 7 −6.681E−01−4.748E−02 3.469E−02 −6.618E−02 6.796E−02 8 9.780E+00 −5.341E−021.012E−01 −1.642E−01 1.343E−01 9 0.000E+00 −1.425E−01 4.356E−02−1.806E−02 3.283E−02 10 0.000E+00 −1.143E−01 −7.191E−02 1.165E−01−2.365E−02 11 0.000E+00 2.464E−02 −1.641E−01 1.615E−01 −7.818E−02 120.000E+00 1.436E−01 −1.282E−01 7.576E−02 −2.767E−02 13 0.000E+002.346E−02 5.260E−04 5.310E−03 −6.394E−03 14 −9.230E−01 −4.839E−022.019E−02 −1.783E−02 8.523E−03 15 0.000E+00 3.106E−02 −3.504E−021.111E−02 −2.306E−03 16 6.619E−01 −1.127E−01 3.527E−02 −8.247E−031.385E−03 17 −5.534E+00 −6.206E−02 2.041E−02 −5.110E−03 8.925E−04 i A12A14 A16 A18 A20 1 1.292E−04 4.543E−05 −1.586E−05 1.945E−06 −8.784E−08 21.061E−03 −1.034E−04 −3.509E−06 1.767E−06 −1.179E−07 4 4.640E−03−1.243E−03 2.060E−04 −1.841E−05 6.600E−07 5 4.232E−03 −8.674E−047.012E−05 1.151E−05 −2.412E−06 6 6.874E−02 −2.331E−02 4.602E−03−3.976E−04 −1.717E−06 7 −4.154E−02 1.596E−02 −3.836E−03 5.666E−04−4.349E−05 8 −5.606E−02 7.192E−03 2.873E−03 −1.170E−03 1.306E−04 9−2.818E−02 1.161E−02 −2.637E−03 3.430E−04 −2.105E−05 10 −2.824E−022.036E−02 −5.853E−03 8.178E−04 −4.603E−05 11 1.984E−02 −2.103E−03−1.394E−04 5.949E−05 −4.585E−06 12 5.034E−03 −1.973E−04 −7.073E−051.065E−05 −4.862E−07 13 2.684E−03 −6.021E−04 7.974E−05 −5.987E−061.973E−07 14 −2.528E−03 4.808E−04 −5.597E−05 3.513E−06 −8.725E−08 153.178E−04 −2.596E−05 8.447E−07 1.887E−08 −1.261E−09 16 −1.567E−041.171E−05 −5.692E−07 1.687E−08 −2.377E−10 17 −1.050E−04 8.112E−06−3.926E−07 1.068E−08 −1.225E−10

The values of the respective conditional expressions are as follows:R1f/R1r=1.20f1/f2=−7.06f3/f=−2.92f1/f3=1.93R4f/f=−1.26|f5|/f=18.76L47/f=0.34R7r/R8f=0.66T7/T8=0.86D78/D34=0.91f8/f=−1.07R8r/f=0.33TL/f=1.32TL/Hmax=1.69f4/f=−13.53f6/f=16.61f56/f=9.00f7/f8=−1.40f/Dep=1.60

Accordingly, the imaging lens according to the Example 9 satisfies theabove-described conditional expressions.

FIG. 26 shows spherical aberration (mm), astigmatism (mm), anddistortion (%), respectively. FIG. 27 shows a lateral aberrationcorresponding to the image height ratio H. As shown in FIGS. 26 and 27,according to the imaging lens of the Example 9, aberrations can beproperly corrected.

Example 10

The basic lens data is shown below in Table 19.

TABLE 19 f = 6.96 mm Fno = 1.8 ω = 33.5° i r d n d v d [mm] ∞ ∞ L1  1*3.746 0.324 1.6707 19.2 f1 = −28.902  2* 3.030 1.029  3 (ST) ∞ −0.760 L2 4* 2.810 1.399 1.5348 55.7 f2 = 4.513  5* −14.143 0.030 L3  6* 2.3730.250 1.6707 19.2 f3 = −40.656  7* 2.091 0.954 L4  8* −5.974 0.3611.5348 55.7 f4 = −99.978  9* −6.866 0.042 L5 10* 148.893 0.272 1.670719.2 f5 = 109.266 11* −144.229 0.126 L6 12* −4.542 0.514 1.6707 19.2 f6= 98.493 13* −4.443 0.091 L7 14* 3.172 0.352 1.5445 56.4 f7 = −63.76615* 2.793 1.045 L8 16* 4.341 0.393 1.5348 55.7 f8 = −8.161 17* 2.1080.876 18 ∞ 0.210 1.5168 64.2 19 ∞ 0.405 (IM) ∞

f45=−1547.795 mm

f56=53.021 mm

R1f=3.746 mm

R1r=3.030 mm

R4f=−5.974 mm

R7r=2.793 mm

R8f=4.341 mm

R8r=2.108 mm

D34=0.954 mm

D78=1.045 mm

T7=0.352 mm

T8=0.393 mm

L47=1.759 mm

TL=7.843 mm

Hmax=4.6 mm

Dep=3.797 mm

TABLE 20 Aspheric Surface Data i k A4 A6 A8 A10 1   0.000E+00 −1.967E−02−1.179E−02   6.054E−03 −1.547E−03 2   0.000E+00 −1.077E−02 −2.822E−02  1.611E−02 −5.263E−03 4 −1.716E+00   2.759E−02 −1.982E−02   1.442E−02−8.509E−03 5   0.000E+00 −6.334E−03 −4.042E−03   1.109E−02 −8.306E−03 6−1.646E+01   1.174E−01 −1.595E−01   1.601E−01 −1.215E−01 7 −6.055E−01−1.763E−02   8.971E−03 −3.567E−02   5.062E−02 8   1.411E+01 −1.126E−02  3.281E−02 −5.422E−02   3.196E−02 9   0.000E+00 −5.560E−02 −3.403E−02  6.253E−03   3.597E−02 10   0.000E+00 −1.943E−02 −1.641E−01   1.509E−01−2.942E−02 11   0.000E+00   7.385E−02 −2.035E−01   1.679E−01 −7.829E−0212   0.000E+00   1.164E−01 −1.300E−01   6.267E−02 −2.028E−02 13  0.000E+00   1.941E−02 −2.239E−02   9.357E−03 −3.956E−03 14 −1.150E−01−8.556E−02 −2.833E−03   2.029E−03   1.368E−03 15   0.000E+00 −6.135E−02−3.313E−03   6.307E−03 −2.160E−03 16   5.092E−01 −1.326E−01   4.669E−02−1.099E−02   1.598E−03 17 −7.880E+00 −6.851E−02   2.301E−02 −5.517E−03  8.983E−04 i A12 A14 A16 A18 A20 1   1.318E−04   4.469E−05 −1.565E−05  1.969E−06 −9.875E−08 2   1.061E−03 −1.053E−04 −3.162E−06   1.761E−06−1.200E−07 4   3.873E−03 −1.120E−03   1.773E−04 −1.070E−05 −2.204E−07 5  3.682E−03 −9.654E−04   1.421E−04 −9.614E−06 −6.624E−08 6   6.726E−02−2.409E−02   4.759E−03 −3.564E−04 −1.334E−05 7 −3.649E−02   1.671E−02−4.695E−03   6.601E−04 −3.822E−05 8 −3.880E−03   2.355E−04 −1.114E−03  4.388E−04 −4.854E−05 9 −2.771E−02   1.017E−02 −2.206E−03   3.131E−04−3.413E−05 10 −2.536E−02   1.918E−02 −6.104E−03   1.057E−03 −8.708E−0511   2.058E−02 −2.200E−03 −1.022E−04   2.605E−05 −8.107E−07 12  4.560E−03 −2.810E−04 −4.754E−06 −3.392E−05   5.772E−06 13   2.203E−03−6.722E−04   8.538E−05 −8.130E−07 −4.760E−07 14 −7.475E−04   2.193E−04−6.245E−05   1.192E−05 −9.623E−07 15   3.821E−04 −3.495E−05   4.394E−07  2.008E−07 −1.329E−08 16 −1.558E−04   1.200E−05 −7.062E−07   1.201E−08  9.180E−10 17 −1.034E−04   8.129E−06 −3.922E−07   8.671E−09   2.399E−12

The values of the respective conditional expressions are as follows:R1f/R1r=1.24f1/f2=−6.40f3/f=−5.84f1/f3=0.71R4f/f=−0.86|f5|/f=15.69L47/f=0.25R7r/R8f=0.64T7/T8=0.90D78/D34=1.09f8/f=−1.17R8r/f=0.30TL/f=1.13TL/Hmax=1.70f4/f=−14.36f6/f=14.15f56/f=7.61f7/f8=7.81f/Dep=1.83

Accordingly, the imaging lens according to the Example 10 satisfies theabove-described conditional expressions.

FIG. 29 shows spherical aberration (mm), astigmatism (mm), anddistortion (%), respectively. FIG. 30 shows a lateral aberrationcorresponding to the image height ratio H. As shown in FIGS. 29 and 30,according to the imaging lens of the Example 10, aberrations can beproperly corrected.

Example 11

The basic lens data is shown below in Table 21.

TABLE 21 f = 6.18 mm Fno = 1.6 ω = 36.7° r d i ∞ ∞ nd vd [mm] L1  1*3.670 0.286 1.6707 19.2 f1 =  2* 3.053 1.091 −33.254 3 (ST) ∞ −0.842 L2 4* 2.842 1.415 1.5348 55.7 f2 =  5* −16.587 0.030 4.656 L3  6* 2.4510.250 1.6707 19.2 f3 =  7* 2.033 0.921 −23.382 L4  8* −7.643 0.5461.5348 55.7 f4 =  9* −9.140 0.049 −99.963 L5 10* 86.547 0.290 1.670719.2 f5 = 11* −700.104 0.139 114.852 L6 12* −4.438 0.475 1.6707 19.2 f6= 13* −6.782 0.020 −20.838 L7 14* 1.991 0.422 1.5445 56.4 f7 = 15* 3.3190.840 8.216 L8 16* 4.763 0.484 1.5348 55.7 f8 = 17* 1.997 0.210 −6.84418 ∞ 0.210 1.5168 64.2 19 ∞ 0.975 (IM) ∞

f45=−931.064 mm

f56=−25.377 mm

R1f=3.670 mm

R1r=3.053 mm

R4f=−7.643 mm

R7r=3.319 mm

R8f=4.763 mm

R8r=1.997 mm

D34=0.921 mm

D78=0.840 mm

T7=0.422 mm

T8=0.484 mm

L47=1.942 mm

TL=7.741 mm

Hmax=4.6 mm

Dep=3.864 mm

TABLE 22 Aspheric Surface Data i k A4 A6 A8 A10  1   0.000E+00−1.813E−02 −1.153E−02   6.115E−03 −1.540E−03  2   0.000E+00 −1.126E−02−2.793E−02   1.615E−02 −5.246E−03  4 −3.911E+00   3.846E−02 −2.390E−02  1.531E−02 −8.238E−03  5   0.000E+00   7.891E−03 −1.516E−02   1.371E−02−8.466E−03  6 −1.876E+01   1.147E−01 −1.830E−01   1.841E−01 −1.362E−01 7 −1.167E+00 −3.295E−02   1.298E−02 −3.765E−02   5.167E−02  8  1.332E+01 −2.924E−02   4.851E−02 −7.481E−02   5.487E−02  9   0.000E+00−5.999E−02 −1.375E−02   3.337E−03   2.949E−02 10   0.000E+00 −4.505E−03−1.455E−01   1.352E−01 −2.662E−02 11   0.000E+00   9.575E−02 −1.903E−01  1.607E−01 −7.510E−02 12   0.000E+00   1.580E−01 −1.245E−01   6.842E−02−2.526E−02 13   0.000E+00   7.238E−03 −5.061E−04   6.509E−03 −6.225E−0314 −3.789E+00 −1.877E−02   1.123E−02 −1.530E−02   8.174E−03 15  0.000E+00   2.020E−02 −3.259E−02   1.111E−02 −2.378E−03 16 −2.320E+00−1.274E−01   3.966E−02 −8.829E−03   1.422E−03 17 −6.129E+00 −6.912E−02  2.208E−02 −5.355E−03   9.134E−04 i A12 A14 A16 A18 A20  1   1.287E−04  4.539E−05 −1.586E−05   1.952E−06 −8.896E−08  2   1.059E−03 −1.039E−04−3.385E−06   1.759E−06 −1.175E−07  4   3.558E−03 −1.076E−03   2.064E−04−2.188E−05   9.633E−07  5   3.640E−03 −9.782E−04   1.466E−04 −6.966E−06−5.685E−07  6   6.985E−02 −2.310E−02   4.574E−03 −4.573E−04   1.224E−05 7 −3.894E−02   1.727E−02 −4.283E−03   5.479E−04 −3.057E−05  8−1.967E−02   2.139E−03   5.304E−04 −4.543E−05 −2.157E−05  9 −2.866E−02  1.205E−02 −2.603E−03   2.864E−04 −1.299E−05 10 −2.626E−02   1.980E−02−5.936E−03   8.647E−04 −5.047E−05 11   1.925E−02 −2.077E−03 −1.280E−04  5.172E−05 −3.526E−06 12   5.117E−03 −2.933E−04 −7.125E−05   1.251E−05−5.637E−07 13   2.554E−03 −5.854E−04   8.075E−05 −6.404E−06   2.249E−0714 −2.527E−03   4.826E−04 −5.502E−05   3.315E−06 −7.653E−08 15  3.236E−04 −2.554E−05   8.326E−07   1.704E−08 −1.428E−09 16 −1.580E−04  1.165E−05 −5.533E−07   1.797E−08 −4.204E−10 17 −1.061E−04   8.233E−06−4.108E−07   1.185E−08 −1.463E−10

The values of the respective conditional expressions are as follows:R1f/R1r=1.20f1/f2=−7.14f3/f=−3.78f1/f3=1.42R4f/f=−1.24|f5|/f=18.58L47/f=0.31R7r/R8f=0.70T7/T8=0.87D78/D34=0.91f8/f=−1.11R8r/f=0.32TL/f=1.25TL/Hmax=1.68f4/f=−16.17f7/f8=−1.20f/Dep=1.60

Accordingly, the imaging lens according to the Example 11 satisfies theabove-described conditional expressions.

FIG. 32 shows spherical aberration (mm), astigmatism (mm), anddistortion (%), respectively. FIG. 33 shows a lateral aberrationcorresponding to the image height ratio H. As shown in FIGS. 32 and 33,according to the imaging lens of the Example 11, aberrations can beproperly corrected.

Example 12

The basic lens data is shown below in Table 23.

TABLE 23 f = 7.15 mm Fno = 1.9 ω = 32.7° r d i ∞ ∞ nd νd [mm] L1  1*3.708 0.327 1.6707 19.2 f1 = −29.307  2* 3.009 1.051 3 (ST) ∞ −0.766 L2 4* 2.781 1.420 1.5348 55.7 f2 = 4.487  5* −14.408 0.030 L3  6* 2.3570.250 1.6707 19.2 f3 = −44.664  7* 2.092 0.976 L4  8* −5.932 0.3561.5348 55.7 f4 = −100.841  9* −6.805 0.042 L5 10* 113.868 0.271 1.67019.2 f5 = 108.223 11* −200.056 0.127 L6 12* −4.351 0.514 1.670 19.2 f6 =−92.259 13* −4.902 0.090 L7 14* 3.102 0.354 1.5445 56.4 f7 = −89.382 15*2.799 1.039 L8 16* 4.278 0.399 1.5348 55.7 f8 = −8.083 17* 2.080 0.87018  ∞ 0.210 1.5168 64.2 19  ∞ 0.401 (IM) ∞

f45=−2109.748 mm

f56=−509.015 mm

R1f=3.708 mm

R1r=3.009 mm

R4f=−5.932 mm

R7r=2.799 mm

R8f=4.278 mm

R8r=2.080 mm

D34=0.976 mm

D78=1.039 mm

T7=0.354 mm

T8=0.399 mm

L47=1.754 mm

TL=7.889 mm

Hmax=4.6 mm

Dep=3.738 mm

TABLE 24 Aspheric Surface Data i k A4 A6 A8 A10 1 0.000E+00 -1.988E-02-1.174E-02 6.065E-03 -1.558E-03 2 0.000E+00 -1.048E-02 -2.818E-021.609E-02 -5.261E-03 4 -1.729E+00 2.802E-02 -1.859E-02 1.303E-02-7.794E-03 5 0.000E+00 -9.587E-03 -2.558E-03 1.077E-02 -8.314E-03 6-1.641E+01 1.143E-01 -1.581E-01 1.601E-01 -1.210E-01 7 -6.517E-01-2.077E-02 1.265E-02 -3.679E-02 5.077E-02 8 1.439E+01 -1.726E-023.370E-02 -4.052E-02 1.381E-02 9 0.000E+00 -5.972E-02 -3.205E-027.860E-03 3.471E-02 10 0.000E+00 -7.391E-03 -1.773E-01 1.500E-01-2.478E-02 11 0.000E+00 6.989E-02 -2.066E-01 1.749E-01 -8.009E-02 120.000E+00 9.567E-02 -1.254E-01 7.329E-02 -2.621E-02 13 0.000E+00-3.863E-03 -1.369E-02 6.215E-03 -3.118E-03 14 -2.097E+00 -1.113E-018.670E-03 -1.967E-03 3.462E-03 15 0.000E+00 -8.260E-02 2.474E-037.452E-03 -2.690E-03 16 4.605E-01 -1.459E-01 5.083E-02 -1.165E-021.674E-03 17 -8.546E+00 -7.399E-02 2.450E-02 -5.606E-03 8.782E-04 i A12A14 A16 A18 A20 1 1.320E-04 4.480E-05 -1.552E-05 1.949E-06 -1.023E-07 21.058E-03 -1.042E-04 -3.388E-06 1.751E-06 -1.143E-07 4 3.698E-03-1.122E-03 1.903E-04 -1.382E-05 1.969E-08 5 3.702E-03 -9.618E-041.398E-04 -1.053E-05 2.176E-07 6 6.696E-02 -2.412E-02 4.854E-03-3.963E-04 -8.123E-06 7 -3.641E-02 1.683E-02 -4.725E-03 6.120E-04-2.619E-05 8 6.658E-03 -9.516E-04 -3.120E-03 1.500E-03 -2.152E-04 9-2.805E-02 1.045E-02 -2.115E-03 2.313E-04 -2.187E-05 10 -2.691E-021.906E-02 -5.993E-03 1.022E-03 -7.849E-05 11 2.088E-02 -2.320E-03-1.480E-04 4.098E-05 -2.681E-07 12 5.724E-03 -2.153E-04 -8.858E-05-3.148E-05 8.535E-06 13 2.288E-03 -7.620E-04 8.041E-05 8.440E-06-1.706E-06 14 -9.698E-04 1.345E-04 -6.456E-05 1.938E-05 -1.854E-06 154.303E-04 -3.239E-05 3.640E-08 1.809E-07 -1.056E-08 16 -1.536E-041.091E-05 -7.403E-07 3.393E-08 -5.030E-10 17 -9.804E-05 7.679E-06-4.023E-07 1.249E-08 -1.603E-10

The values of the respective conditional expressions are as follows:R1f/R1r=1.23f1/f2=−6.53f3/f=−6.24f1/f3=0.66R4f/f=−0.83|f5|/f=15.13L47/f=0.25R7r/R8f=0.65T7/T8=0.89D78/D34=1.06f8/f=−1.13R8r/f=0.29TL/f=1.10TL/Hmax=1.72f4/f=−14.09f7/f8=11.06f/Dep=1.91

Accordingly, the imaging lens according to the Example 12 satisfies theabove-described conditional expressions.

FIG. 35 shows spherical aberration (mm), astigmatism (mm), anddistortion (%), respectively. FIG. 36 shows a lateral aberrationcorresponding to the image height ratio H. As shown in FIGS. 35 and 36,according to the imaging lens of the Example 12, aberrations can beproperly corrected.

Example 13

The basic lens data is shown below in Table 25.

TABLE 25 f = 5.86 mm Fno = 1.5 ω = 38.1° r d i ∞ ∞ n d υ d [mm] L1 1*3.655 0.281 1.6707 19.2 f1 = −31.339 2* 3.018 1.103 3 (ST) ∞ −0.858 L24* 2.829 1.396 1.5348 55.7 f2 = 4.634 5* −16.559 0.030 L3 6* 2.452 0.2501.6707 19.2 f3 = −19.790 7* 1.985 0.894 L4 8* −7.516 0.554 1.5348 55.7f4 = −85.640 9* −9.222 0.049 L5 10* 237317.073 0.280 1.6707 19.2 f5 =−111.684 11* 74.888 0.143 L6 12* −4.907 0.500 1.6707 19.2 f6 = 93.36313* −4.736 0.025 L7 14* 2.002 0.408 1.5445 56.4 f7 = 8.422 15* 3.2980.831 L8 16* 4.855 0.453 1.5348 55.7 f8 = −6.334 17* 1.930 0.461 18 ∞0.210 1.5168 64.2 19 ∞ 0.726 (IM) ∞

f45=−47.885 mm

f56=465.095 mm

R1f=3.655 mm

R1r=3.018 mm

R4f=−7.516 mm

R7r=3.298 mm

R8f=4.855 mm

R8r=1.930 mm

D34=0.894 mm

D78=0.831 mm

T7=0.408 mm

T8=0.453 mm

L47=1.959 mm

TL=7.665 mm

Hmax=4.6 mm

Dep=3.793 mm

TABLE 26 Aspheric Surface Data i k A4  A6  A8  A10 1  0.000E+00−1.752E−02 −1.154E−02  6.101E−03 −1.540E−03 2  0.000E+00 −1.150E−02−2.804E−02  1.615E−02 −5.247E−03 4 −4.374E+00  4.247E−02 −2.677E−02 1.706E−02 −8.816E−03 5  0.000E+00  2.827E−02 −3.320E−02  2.271E−02−1.040E−02 6 −2.017E+01  1.424E−01 −2.063E−01  1.968E−01 −1.397E−01 7−9.821E−01 −3.570E−02  3.120E−02 −5.888E−02  6.122E−02 8  1.633E+01−4.481E−02  6.030E−02 −8.188E−02  5.249E−02 9  0.000E+00 −1.086E−01 6.776E−03 −1.575E−03  2.946E−02 10  0.000E+00 −7.543E−02 −1.088E−01 1.281E−01 −2.276E−02 11  0.000E+00  3.872E−02 −1.755E−01  1.662E−01−7.902E−02 12  0.000E+00  1.508E−01 −1.280E−01  7.316E−02 −2.626E−02 13 0.000E+00  2.826E−02 −4.793E−04  5.647E−03 −6.506E−03 14 −7.663E−01−4.647E−02  1.931E−02 −1.765E−02  8.474E−03 15  0.000E+00  3.631E−02−3.561E−02  1.102E−02 −2.295E−03 16  7.027E−01 −1.121E−01  3.509E−02−8.325E−03  1.395E−03 17 −5.673E+00 −6.175E−02  2.019E−02 −5.114E−03 8.947E−04 i A12 A14 A16 A18 A20 1  1.286E−04  4.549E−05 −1.586E−05 1.952E−06 −8.875E−08 2  1.059E−03 −1.038E−04 −3.388E−06  1.765E−06−1.188E−07 4  3.635E−03 −1.062E−03  2.000E−04 −2.137E−05  9.914E−07 5 3.402E−03 −8.284E−04  1.570E−04 −1.886E−05  8.746E−07 6  6.926E−02−2.278E−02  4.655E−03 −5.034E−04  1.716E−05 7 −3.871E−02  1.581E−02−4.330E−03  7.993E−04 −7.816E−05 8 −1.625E−02  1.884E−03 −4.484E−05 3.935E−05 −1.803E−06 9 −2.788E−02  1.173E−02 −2.675E−03  3.213E−04−1.413E−05 10 −2.894E−02  2.023E−02 −5.831E−03  8.357E−04 −4.915E−05 11 1.991E−02 −2.112E−03 −1.397E−04  5.850E−05 −4.329E−06 12  4.887E−03−2.649E−04 −6.026E−05  1.242E−05 −7.952E−07 13  2.683E−03 −6.000E−04 8.025E−05 −6.119E−06  2.038E−07 14 −2.526E−03  4.791E−04 −5.509E−05 3.405E−06 −8.420E−08 15  3.205E−04 −2.625E−05  8.326E−07  2.237E−08−1.498E−09 16 −1.566E−04  1.168E−05 −5.708E−07  1.685E−08 −2.304E−10 17−1.051E−04  8.098E−06 −3.916E−07  1.073E−08 −1.260E−10

The values of the respective conditional expressions are as follows:R1f/R1r=1.21f1/f2=−6.76f3/f=−3.38f1/f3=1.58R4f/f=−1.28|f5|/f=19.07L47/f=0.33R7r/R8f=0.68T7/T8=0.90D78/D34=0.93f8/f=−1.08R8r/f=0.33TL/f=1.31TL/Hmax=1.67f4/f=−14.62f6/f=15.94f7/f8=−1.33f/Dep=1.54

Accordingly, the imaging lens according to the Example 13 satisfies theabove-described conditional expressions.

FIG. 38 shows spherical aberration (mm), astigmatism (mm), anddistortion (%), respectively. FIG. 39 shows a lateral aberrationcorresponding to the image height ratio H. As shown in FIGS. 38 and 39,according to the imaging lens of the Example 13, aberrations can beproperly corrected.

Example 14

The basic lens data is shown below in Table 27.

TABLE 27 f = 7.17 mm Fno = 1.9 ω = 32.7° r d i ∞ ∞ nd vd [mm] L1  1*   3.764   0.326 1.6707 19.2 f1 = −29.180  2*    3.047   0.992  3 (ST) ∞−0.764 L2  4*    2.815   1.417 1.5348 55.7 f2 = 4.526  5*  −14.238  0.030 L3  6*    2.360   0.250 1.6707 19.2 f3 = −44.059  7*    2.093  0.935 L4  8*  −5.998   0.372 1.5348 55.7 f4 = −99.911  9*  −6.903  0.035 L5 10* −110.466   0.318 1.6707 19.2 f5 = −94.810 11*   150.047  0.133 L6 12*  −4.754   0.569 1.6707 19.2 f6 = 54.131 13*  −4.406  0.098 L7 14*    3.129   0.352 1.5445 56.4 f7 = −100.166 15*    2.842  0.999 L8 16*    4.750   0.390 1.5348 55.7 f8 = −8.580 17*    2.267  0.948 18 ∞   0.210 1.5168 64.2 19 ∞   0.442 (IM) ∞

f45=−48.086 mm

f56=117.365 mm

R1f=3.764 mm

R1r=3.047 mm

R4f=−5.998 mm

R7r=2.842 mm

R8f=4.750 mm

R8r=2.267 mm

D34=0.935 mm

D78=0.999 mm

T7=0.352 mm

T8=0.390 mm

L47=1.877 mm

TL=7.979 mm

Hmax=4.6 mm

Dep=3.803 mm

TABLE 28 Aspheric Surface Data i k A4 A6 A8 A10 1  0.000E+00 −1.917E−02−1.179E−02  6.046E−03 −1.546E−03 2  0.000E+00 −1.063E−02 −2.818E−02 1.612E−02 −5.267E−03 4 −2.855E+00  3.303E−02 −1.959E−02  1.365E−02−8.183E−03 5  0.000E+00 −6.461E−04 −9.147E−03  1.386E−02 −8.713E−03 6−1.586E+01  1.236E−01 −1.609E−01  1.602E−01 −1.215E−01 7 −7.386E−01−1.131E−02  6.189E−03 −3.193E−02  4.802E−02 8  1.448E+01 −1.931E−02 4.290E−02 −6.588E−02  4.441E−02 9  0.000E+00 −1.017E−01  2.977E−02−2.774E−02  4.687E−02 10  0.000E+00 −4.207E−02 −1.221E−01  1.355E−01−3.398E−02 11  0.000E+00  1.034E−01 −2.182E−01  1.642E−01 −7.487E−02 12 0.000E+00  1.346E−01 −1.521E−01  6.628E−02 −1.911E−02 13  0.000E+00 8.716E−03 −2.416E−02  1.278E−02 −4.599E−03 14 −4.622E+00 −8.520E−02 2.240E−03  3.075E−03  3.114E−04 15  0.000E+00 −7.309E−02  4.981E−03 3.310E−03 −1.697E−03 16  1.648E+00 −1.343E−01  4.919E−02 −1.211E−02 1.788E−03 17 −8.682E+00 −7.222E−02  2.544E−02 −6.315E−03  1.032E−03 iA12 A14 A16 A18 A20 1  1.317E−04  4.485E−05 −1.570E−05  1.960E−06−9.654E−08 2  1.061E−03 −1.053E−04 −3.258E−06  1.779E−06 −1.192E−07 4 3.863E−03 −1.141E−03  1.773E−04 −8.853E−06 −4.906E−07 5  3.412E−03−8.798E−04  1.651E−04 −2.368E−05  1.685E−06 6  6.752E−02 −2.428E−02 4.722E−03 −3.059E−04 −2.337E−05 7 −3.555E−02  1.670E−02 −4.910E−03 7.600E−04 −5.512E−05 8 −7.448E−03 −1.629E−03 −4.167E−04  6.540E−04−1.279E−04 9 −3.019E−02  9.984E−03 −2.119E−03  3.695E−04 −4.523E−05 10−2.272E−02  1.957E−02 −6.403E−03  1.030E−03 −6.815E−05 11  1.995E−02−2.081E−03 −1.136E−04 −1.508E−05  9.678E−06 12  4.763E−03 −4.052E−04−3.272E−05 −4.762E−05  1.186E−05 13  2.122E−03 −6.629E−04  8.529E−05 2.242E−06 −1.013E−06 14 −7.166E−04  2.766E−04 −5.730E−05  6.542E−06−3.553E−07 15  3.878E−04 −4.295E−05  6.797E−07  2.937E−07 −2.065E−08 16−1.630E−04  1.096E−05 −6.458E−07  2.308E−08 −2.960E−10 17 −1.126E−04 7.966E−06 −3.416E−07  8.051E−09 −9.747E−11

The values of the respective conditional expressions are as follows:R1f/R1r=1.24f1/f2=−6.45f3/f=−6.14f1/f3=0.66R4f/f=−0.84|f5|/f=13.22L47/f=0.26R7r/R8f=0.60T7/T8=0.90D78/D34=1.07f8/f=−1.20R8r/f=0.32TL/f=1.11TL/Hmax=1.73f4/f=−13.93f6/f=7.55f7/f8=11.67f/Dep=1.89

Accordingly, the imaging lens according to the Example 14 satisfies theabove-described conditional expressions.

FIG. 41 shows spherical aberration (mm), astigmatism (mm), anddistortion (%), respectively. FIG. 42 shows a lateral aberrationcorresponding to the image height ratio H. As shown in FIGS. 41 and 42,according to the imaging lens of the Example 14, aberrations can beproperly corrected.

Example 15

The basic lens data is shown below in Table 29.

TABLE 29 f = 6.43 mm Fno = 1.7 ω = 35.6° i r d n d ν d [mm] ∞ ∞ L1  1*3.689 0.284 1.6707 19.2 f1 = −31.982  2* 3.050 1.078  3 (ST) ∞ −0.832 L2 4* 2.814 1.406 1.5348 55.7 f2 = 4.621  5* −16.759 0.030 L3  6* 2.4240.250 1.6707 19.2 f3 = −23.785  7* 2.017 0.912 L4  8* −7.575 0.5521.5348 55.7 f4 = −100.611  9* −9.039 0.049 L5 10* 264.095 0.293 1.670719.2 f5 = −105.124 11* 55.628 0.144 L6 12* −4.477 0.487 1.6707 19.2 f6 =−22.647 13* −6.626 0.024 L7 14* 1.979 0.425 1.5445 56.4 f7 = 8.085 15*3.324 0.815 L8 16* 4.643 0.494 1.5348 55.7 f8 = −7.214 17* 2.029 0.65018 ∞ 0.210 1.5168 64.2 19 ∞ 0.671 (IM) ∞

f45=−50.713 mm

f56=−18.717 mm

R1f=3.689 mm

R1r=3.050 mm

R4f=−7.575 mm

R7r=3.324 mm

R8f=4.643 mm

R8r=2.029 mm

D34=0.912 mm

D78=0.815 mm

T7=0.425 mm

T8=0.494 mm

L47=1.975 mm

TL=7.872 mm

Hmax=4.6 mm

Dep=3.790 mm

TABLE 30 Aspheric Surface Data i k A4 A6 A8 A10 1  0.000E+00 −1.777E−02−1.158E−02 6.099E−03 −1.534E−03 2  0.000E+00 −1.181E−02 −2.790E−021.616E−02 −5.249E−03 4 −3.033E+00  3.362E−02 −2.405E−02 1.629E−02−8.729E−03 5  0.000E+00  5.791E−03 −1.610E−02 1.495E−02 −8.823E−03 6−1.946E+01  1.238E−01 −1.985E−01 1.962E−01 −1.399E−01 7 −1.167E+00−3.018E−02  9.488E−03 −3.682E−02   5.330E−02 8  6.403E+00 −2.088E−02 3.367E−02 −5.755E−02   4.370E−02 9  0.000E+00 −3.487E−02 −3.394E−021.102E−02  2.819E−02 10  0.000E+00  3.106E−04 −1.515E−01 1.363E−01−2.528E−02 11  0.000E+00  8.815E−02 −1.857E−01 1.599E−01 −7.530E−02 12 0.000E+00  1.627E−01 −1.282E−01 6.990E−02 −2.515E−02 13  0.000E+00 5.394E−03 −8.505E−04 6.931E−03 −6.267E−03 14 −2.252E+00 −4.381E−02 1.898E−02 −1.723E−02   8.384E−03 15  0.000E+00  1.885E−02 −3.369E−021.142E−02 −2.407E−03 16 −3.253E−01 −1.305E−01  3.932E−02 −8.653E−03  1.404E−03 17 −6.508E+00 −6.934E−02  2.177E−02 −5.226E−03   8.962E−04 iA12 A14 A16 A18 A20 1  1.273E−04  4.552E−05 −1.581E−05 1.936E−06−8.780E−08 2  1.059E−03 −1.038E−04 −3.384E−06 1.744E−06 −1.155E−07 4 3.643E−03 −1.070E−03  2.033E−04 −2.182E−05   9.928E−07 5  3.581E−03−9.380E−04  1.514E−04 −1.192E−05   9.955E−08 6  6.948E−02 −2.269E−02 4.628E−03 −5.252E−04   2.287E−05 7 −3.999E−02  1.727E−02 −4.115E−035.142E−04 −3.286E−05 8 −1.687E−02  2.683E−03  1.977E−04 −4.686E−05 −1.081E−05 9 −2.832E−02  1.195E−02 −2.624E−03 3.026E−04 −1.543E−05 10−2.701E−02  1.991E−02 −5.915E−03 8.555E−04 −4.961E−05 11  1.939E−02−2.104E−03 −1.318E−04 5.357E−05 −3.691E−06 12  5.006E−03 −2.897E−04−6.893E−05 1.246E−05 −5.796E−07 13  2.556E−03 −5.859E−04  8.069E−05−6.409E−06   2.277E−07 14 −2.517E−03  4.804E−04 −5.517E−05 3.310E−06−7.219E−08 15  3.245E−04 −2.542E−05  8.476E−07 1.562E−08 −1.556E−09 16−1.564E−04  1.165E−05 −5.695E−07 1.701E−08 −2.577E−10 17 −1.049E−04 8.091E−06 −3.924E−07 1.063E−08 −1.162E−10

The values of the respective conditional expressions are as follows:R1f/R1r=1.21f1/f2=−6.92f3/f=−3.70f1/f3=1.34R4f/f=−1.18|f5|/f=16.36L47/f=0.31R7r/R8f=0.72T7/T8=0.86D78/D34=0.89f8/f=−1.12R8r/f=0.32TL/f=1.23TL/Hmax=1.71f4/f=−15.66f7/f8=−1.12f/Dep=1.70

Accordingly, the imaging lens according to the Example 15 satisfies theabove-described conditional expressions.

FIG. 44 shows spherical aberration (mm), astigmatism (mm), anddistortion (%), respectively. FIG. 45 shows a lateral aberrationcorresponding to the image height ratio H. As shown in FIGS. 44 and 45,according to the imaging lens of the Example 15, aberrations can beproperly corrected.

Example 16

The basic lens data is shown below in Table 31.

TABLE 31 f = 5.75 mm Fno = 1.4 ω = 38.7° r d i ∞ ∞ nd νd [mm] L1  1*3.579 0.298 1.6707 19.2 f1 = −31.289  2* 2.955 1.127 3 (ST) ∞ −0.837 L2 4* 2.877 1.395 1.5348 55.7 f2 = 4.703  5* −16.616 0.030 L3  6* 2.4200.250 1.6707 19.2 f3 = −24.772  7* 2.025 0.867 L4  8* −13.420 0.6121.5348 55.7 f4 = 28.080  9* −7.199 0.039 L5 10* ∞ 0.304 1.6707 19.2 f5 =∞ 11* ∞ 0.132 L6 12* −4.096 0.463 1.6707 19.2 f6 = −16.004 13* −6.9240.029 L7 14* 1.990 0.447 1.5445 56.4 f7 = 8.264 15* 3.287 0.827 L8 16*5.059 0.451 1.5348 55.7 f8 = −6.291 17* 1.958 0.202 18  ∞ 0.210 1.516864.2 19  ∞ 0.782 (IM) ∞

f45=28.080 mm

f56=−16.004 mm

R1f=3.579 mm

R1r=2.955 mm

R4f=−13.420 mm

R7r=3.287 mm

R8f=5.059 mm

R8r=1.958 mm

D34=0.867 mm

D78=0.827 mm

T7=0.447 mm

T8=0.451 mm

L47=2.027 mm

TL=7.558 mm

Hmax=4.6 mm

Dep=4.030 mm

TABLE 32 Aspheric Surface Data i k A4  A6  A8  A10 1  0.000E+00−1.778E−02 −1.146E−02  6.125E−03 −1.540E−03 2  0.000E+00 −1.134E−02−2.801E−02  1.616E−02 −5.246E−03 4 −2.140E+00  2.850E−02 −2.382E−02 1.679E−02 −9.336E−03 5  0.000E+00  1.640E−02 −2.279E−02  1.731E−02−9.356E−03 6 −2.109E+01  1.451E−01 −2.074E−01  2.010E−01 −1.411E−01 7−9.151E−01 −3.243E−02  2.385E−02 −4.508E−02  5.224E−02 8 −7.879E+00−9.805E−03  1.817E−02 −3.493E−02  2.999E−02 9  0.000E+00 −1.857E−02−3.631E−02  9.846E−03  2.730E−02 10  0.000E+00 −1.194E−02 −1.491E−01 1.303E−01 −2.166E−02 11  0.000E+00  7.709E−02 −1.944E−01  1.654E−01−7.677E−02 12  0.000E+00  1.757E−01 −1.325E−01  6.864E−02 −2.383E−02 13 0.000E+00  2.101E−02 −2.241E−03  5.939E−03 −6.221E−03 14 −1.103E+00−4.345E−02  1.286E−02 −1.346E−02  6.913E−03 15  0.000E+00  3.577E−02−3.842E−02  1.203E−02 −2.415E−03 16 −6.008E−01 −1.256E−01  3.745E−02−8.042E−03  1.338E−03 17 −5.838E+00 −6.758E−09  2.120E−02 −5.171E−03 8.970E−04 i A12 A14 A16 A18 A20 1  1.285E−04  4.560E−05 −1.586E−05 1.950E−06 −8.864E−08 2  1.060E−03 −1.038E−04 −3.378E−06  1.764E−06−1.186E−07 4  3.872E−03 −1.089E−03  1.931E−04 −1.931E−05  8.215E−07 5 3.565E−03 −9.063E−04  1.469E−04 −1.392E−05  5.877E−07 6  6.913E−02−2.250E−02  4.611E−03 −5.375E−04  2.704E−05 7 −3.686E−02  1.664E−02−4.629E−03  7.194E−04 −4.769E−05 8 −1.452E−02  3.627E−03 −2.415E−04−6.922E−05  1.126E−05 9 −2.799E−02  1.206E−02 −2.665E−03  2.879E−04−1.107E−05 10 −2.792E−02  1.991E−02 −5.844E−03  8.403E−04 −4.866E−05 11 1.950E−02 −2.092E−03 −1.311E−04  5.379E−05 −3.771E−06 12  4.492E−03−2.561E−04 −5.020E−05  8.985E−06 −4.244E−07 13  2.564E−03 −5.850E−04 8.078E−05 −6.407E−06  2.240E−07 14 −2.207E−03  4.554E−04 −5.843E−05 4.169E−06 −1.239E−07 15  3.186E−04 −2.540E−05  8.718E−07  1.734E−08−1.611E−09 16 −1.559E−04  1.193E−05 −5.675E−07  1.525E−08 −1.768E−10 17−1.049E−04  8.086E−06 −3.918E−07  1.077E−08 −1.276E−10

The values of the respective conditional expressions are as follows:R1f/R1r=1.21f1/f2=−6.65f3/f=−4.31f1/f3=1.26R4f/f=−2.33|f5|/f=∞L47/f=0.35R7r/R8f=0.65T7/T8=0.99D78/D34=0.95f8/f=−1.09R8r/f=0.34TL/f=1.31TL/Hmax=1.64f4/f=4.88f45/f=4.88f7/f8=−1.31f/Dep=1.43

Accordingly, the imaging lens according to the Example 16 satisfies theabove-described conditional expressions.

FIG. 47 shows spherical aberration (mm), astigmatism (mm), anddistortion (%), respectively. FIG. 48 shows a lateral aberrationcorresponding to the image height ratio H. As shown in FIGS. 47 and 48,according to the imaging lens of the Example 16, aberrations can beproperly corrected.

As described above, the imaging lens according to the present exampleshas a very wide field of view (2ω) of 60° or more. More specifically,the imaging lenses of Examples 1 to 16 have fields of view (2ω) of 65.4°to 77.3°. According to the imaging lens of the present embodiments, itis possible to take an image over a wider range than that taken by aconventional imaging lens.

In recent years, with advancement in digital-zoom technology to enlargeany range of an image obtained through an imaging lens by imageprocessing, an image sensor with higher pixel count has been oftenapplied in combination with an imaging lens of higher resolution. In thecase of the image sensor with the higher pixel count, a light-receivingarea per pixel often decreases, so that an image tends to be dark. Theimaging lenses of Examples 1 to 16 have Fnos as small as 1.4 to 1.9.According to the imaging lenses of the present embodiments, it ispossible to take a sufficiently bright image responding to the imagesensor with the higher pixel count as mentioned above.

Therefore, when the imaging lens of the above-described embodiment isapplied in an imaging optical system such as cameras built in mobiledevices, namely, smartphones, cellular phones and mobile informationterminals, digital still cameras, security cameras, onboard cameras, andnetwork cameras, it is possible to attain both high performance anddownsizing of the cameras.

The present invention is applicable in an imaging lens that is mountedin a relatively small-sized camera, such as cameras built in mobiledevices, namely smartphones, cellular phones and mobile informationterminals, digital still cameras, security cameras, onboard cameras, andnetwork cameras.

DESCRIPTION OF REFERENCE NUMERALS

-   X: optical axis-   ST: aperture stop-   L1: first lens-   L2: second lens-   L3: third lens-   L4: fourth lens-   L5: fifth lens-   L6: sixth lens-   L7: seventh lens-   L8: eighth lens-   10: filter-   IM: image plane

What is claimed is:
 1. An imaging lens forming an image of an object onan image sensor and comprising, in order from an object side to an imageside, a first lens having negative refractive power, a second lenshaving positive refractive power, a third lens having negativerefractive power, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, a seventhlens, and an eighth lens having negative refractive power, wherein saideighth lens has an aspheric image-side surface having at least oneinflection point, and the following conditional expression is satisfied:−4.0<R4f/f<−0.4 where f: a focal length of the overall optical system ofthe imaging lens, and R4f: a curvature radius of an object-side surfaceof the fourth lens.
 2. The imaging lens according to claim 1, whereinthe following conditional expression is satisfied:−10.0<f1/f2<−2.0 where f1: a focal length of the first lens, and f2: afocal length of the second lens.
 3. The imaging lens according to claim1, wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:−10.0<f3/f<−2.0 where f: a focal length of the overall optical system ofthe imaging lens, and f3: a focal length of the third lens.
 4. Theimaging lens according to claim 1, wherein the following conditionalexpression is satisfied:12<|f5|/f where f: a focal length of the overall optical system of theimaging lens, and f5: a focal length of the fifth lens.